Poor pre-hospital intubation success
A Scottish study of 628 pre-hospital intubation attempts in cardiac arrest patients records the rate of successful intubations, oesophageal intubations, […]
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Pre-sedation fasting unnecessary
A thorough review of the emergency medicine sedation literature showed there is only one reported case of pulmonary aspiration during […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
What fluid in rhabdomyolysis?
A ‘BestBET‘ from the Emergency Medicine Journal examined the evidence for the use of sodium bicarbonate and/or mannitol in the […]
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Oxygen in AMI – no benefit, possible harm
A Cochrane review examined the evidence from randomised controlled trials to establish whether routine use of inhaled oxygen in acute myocardial […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound
B lines be gone!
Vicki Noble’s Emergency Ultrasound team describe the resolution of Songraphic B lines on the lung ultrasound of a patient with […]
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Stroke thrombolysis benefit decays with time
Pooled results of several trials comparing recombinant tissue plasminogen activator with placebo in ischaemic stroke quantify the profile of benefit […]
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Misoprostol for PPH
Misoprostol is a prostaglandin analogue with uterotonic activity. It was compared with placebo in its sublingual form in a randomised […]
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Lung Ultrasound Articles
Here are some sites that explain lung sonography as applied to critical care patients: Clinical review: Bedside lung ultrasound in […]
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HFOV in preterms – no clear benefit
Pre-term infants lacking surfactant often require mechanical ventilation, but the consequent barotrauma and volutrauma may contribute to chronic lung disease, […]
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Exsanguinating pelvis – occlude the aorta
Some patients with life-threatening arterial haemorrhage from a pelvic fracture may be peri-arrest prior to transfer to the angiography suite. […]