Swelling worse than bleeding for injured brains
A study on data from traumatic brain injury patients from the the TARN database examined the prognostic value of various […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma
Resus
Life-saving medicine
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Decatecholaminization in septic shock
A subset of patients from the 2008 Vasopressin and Septic Shock Trial (VASST) trial had invasive haemodynamic monitoring measurements from […]
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The Resus Room Life Guard
I was lucky to be accompanied through much of my emergency medicine training and specialist work in the UK by […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus
New STEMI guidelines
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention or fibrinolysis for STEMI? What if you don’t have PCI at your hospital? The new 2013 […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Which pelvic compression device is best?
Two popular pelvic compression devices are the SAM Pelvic Sling II and the T-POD®. In a direct comparison 50 health […]
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What happened to HIFU?
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) was hailed as the ‘surgery of the future’ a few years ago(1). As it’s now […]
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Targeted ICP reduction in TBI
A South American randomised controlled trial has demonstrated no improvement in mortality when traumatic brain injured patients had therapy targeted […]
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Perimortem Caesarean Delivery: Late is Better than Not
“To date, approximately one-third of the women who die during pregnancy remain undelivered at the time of death” Guidelines recommend […]
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London Calling – part 3
Notes from Day 4 of the London Trauma Conference The highlight for me was Mr Jonny Morrison speaking on Resuscitative […]
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London Calling – part 2
Notes from Days 2 & 3 of the London Trauma Conference Day 2 of the LTC was really good. There […]