Hypothermia after long down times
You receive a patient resuscitated from cardiac arrest to a perfusing rhythm in your emergency department. History suggests a long […]
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Hyperosmolar therapy
A great review article from the New England Journal of Medicine summaries the current knowledge base regarding the use of […]
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From BURP to BILP: backwards internal laryngeal pressure
A burns patient whose tracheal tube was accidentally dislodged and ended up placed in the oesophagus on day 2 of […]
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Don't ignore the diastolic
Most of us are pretty good at spotting hypotension and activating help or initiating therapy. But ‘hypotension’ in many practitioners’ […]
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COPD and heart disease interactions
Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often affect the same patient; in fact, more than one-third […]
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Size matters when you're sick
A nice example of a difference between elective anaesthesia and critical care practice when it comes to airway management is […]
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The Bleeding Trauma Patient
The Bleeding Trauma Patient by Dr Pete Sherren By popular request, Here are the slides from a presentation given by […]
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Head injury was not predictive for cervical spine injury
Two papers examining the same massive European trauma dataset identify risk factors for spinal injury. The first examined all spinal […]
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A better way to tilt pregnant patients?
To alleviate aortocaval compression, it is recommended to tilt pregnant patients into the left lateral tilt position during resuscitation. Aortocaval […]
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T waves in V1-V3 were not associated with badness
This long term follow up study showed that T-wave inversions in right precordial leads are not associated with adverse outcome. […]