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 […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
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All Updates, Resus, Trauma, Ultrasound
Is it time to abandon plain radiography in the trauma room?
For patients who will be having a chest CT, perhaps sonography could replace chest radiography in the resus room as […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
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 […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
The Bleeding Trauma Patient
The Bleeding Trauma Patient by Dr Pete Sherren By popular request, Here are the slides from a presentation given by […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
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 […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus
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 […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Life, limb and sight-saving procedures
The challenge of competence in the face of rarity by Dr Cliff Reid FCEM, and Dr Mike Clancy FCEM This […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Leadership & experience count in trauma resuscitation
These findings shouldn’t be a surprise – and the authors acknowledge a number of methodological weaknesses in what is essentially […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
Unknown unknowns and pleural effusions
There are plenty of unknowns when it comes to management of pleural effusions on the ICU, which led to a […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
Upper GI bleeding guideline update
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued updated guidance on the management of acute upper gastrointestinal […]