Pre-hospital intubation experience and outcomes
Hospitals and medical personnel performing high volumes of procedures demonstrate better patient outcomes and fewer adverse events. The relationship between […]
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Target Oxygen Saturation in Extreme Prems
1316 infants who were born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of gestation were randomised to […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Early CPAP versus Surfactant in Extreme Prems
In a randomised, multicentre trial of 1316 infants born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of […]
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Carotid Artery Stenting versus Endarterectomy
The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) compared the outcomes of carotid-artery stenting with those of carotid endarterectomy among […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU
Guidelines for Clostridium Difficile
Guidelines for preventing, detecting, and treating Clostridium Difficile infection from the Infectious Diseases Society of America have been published. Clinical […]
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Bloodtest Not Pertinent (BNP)
Despite a lack of evidence that it’s useful, many emergency departments have introduced BNP testing. Some smart Australians decided to […]
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PCI and therapeutic hypothermia
Percutaneous coronary intervention did not increase the risk of dysrhythmia, infection, coagulopathy, or hypotension associated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac […]
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The myth of ketamine and head injury
A literature review addresses the myth that ketamine is contraindicated in head injured patients. They summarise articles from the 1970’s […]
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Rapid discharge in AF
The Ottawa Aggressive Protocol is used to treat recent onset (< 48 hours) atrial fibrillation or flutter with procainamide and/or […]
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Vital signs of severely injured children
Systolic blood pressures of severely injured children are very often hypertensive compared with APLS ‘norms’. A lower pulse rate is […]