All Updates – Page 81

Pre-hospital intubation 'success' at a US centre

Cliff / November 8, 2009

Of 203 patients attending a US Level 1 trauma centre who had pre-hospital airway management, 25 (12%) had unrecognised oesophageal […]

Cliff / November 6, 2009

Vehicle rollover as an indicator of mechanism of injury was investigated in a study examining accident databases and the medical […]

Cliff / November 3, 2009

An observational cohort study of 7937 ED visits by patients presenting with chest pain or ‘ischemic equivalent’ (shortness of breath […]

Cliff / November 2, 2009

The most common aetiology of heart failure in previously well children is myocarditis. A review of 62 cases whose final […]

Cliff / November 1, 2009

An ECG pattern is described in chest pain patients which signifies proximal LAD artery occlusion found at angiography: precordial ST-segment […]

Cliff / October 30, 2009

A derivation then validation study on adults with blunt torso trauma found the absence of the following factors to be […]

Cliff / October 29, 2009

A joint policy statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics lists guidelines and […]

Cliff / October 28, 2009

In a manikin study of CPR, there was a decrease in mean depth of chest compressions when the height of […]

Cliff / October 28, 2009

The Canadian C-Spine rule – a decision instrument designed to clinically rule out important cervical spine injuries in alert patients […]

Cliff / October 25, 2009

After intubation it is critical to securely fasten the tracheal tube so it does not dislodge during transfer. Dedicated devices […]