FIRST: Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma
This is the first randomized, controlled, double-blind study comparing crystalloids with isotonic colloids in trauma. 0.9% saline was compared with […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
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Adjacent haemofiltration catheters can remove CVC drugs
An important consideration when siting your lines in your critical care patients who require renal replacement therapy… Dual-lumen haemodiafiltration catheters […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids, Resus
Caution with intraosseous adenosine
Two cases of failed cardioversion of SVT after tibial intraosseous administration of adenosine in infants are described in this month’s […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Vasopressin – what it does and doesn't do
The current Surviving Sepsis campaign guidelines recommend that vasopressin should not be administered as the initial vasopressor in septic shock, […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
A big brain saves a little one
Something I’ve been teaching for years – but never actually done – has been described in a case report from […]
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Prehospital fluids for head injury – keep it simple
Just in case you thought you might be missing some recent gem on what we should be giving patients with […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Ultrasound for pneumonia
Lung ultrasound done by a single keen individual had better test characteristics than CXR in diagnosing pneumonia as defined by […]
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Potassium levels and AMI death
An association is demonstrated between abnormal (both high and low) serum potassium levels and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute […]
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Steroid replacement after etomidate: no benefit
More fuel for the etomidate debate… In essence: Etomidate has been a useful induction agent for RSI for many years […]
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Emergency percutaneous airway
An excellent thorough review of emergency needle and surgical cricothyroidotomy – collectively described as ’emergency percutaneous airway’ – reveals a […]