Spinal imaging for the adult obtunded blunt trauma patient
‘You can’t clear the cervical spine until the patient wakes up!’ How often have you heard this said about a […]
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Awake video laryngoscopy
A nice study reminds of us the option of awake video laryngoscopy as an alternative to fibreoptic instrumentation of the […]
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Simple emergency haemorrhage control
I had the honour of attending trauma rounds with leading South African trauma surgeons today at Groote Schuur Hospital in […]
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Phentolamine for neurogenic pulmonary oedema
A single case report might not be practice changing, but it’s helpful to know about this option: A patient with […]
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Clotbusting wisdom on tap – your questions answered
The prevention and management of venous thromboembolic disease is a huge topic, which generates questions for emergency, critical care, and […]
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Dobutamine for severe heart failure – more harm than good?
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials showed dobutamine is not associated with improved mortality in heart failure […]
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Colloid volume therapy for critically ill patients
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine has produced a consensus statement on colloid volume therapy for critically ill patients, […]
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Epinephrine in cardiac arrest reanalysed
A post hoc reanalysis was performed on a 2009 JAMA paper comparing patients randomised to receive or not receive prehospital […]
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The REAL Shocked Patient
I promised to put some summary notes on the site for those who attended my talk on ‘The REAL Shocked […]
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Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
The Brain Trauma Foundation has released updated guidelines on traumatic brain injury in children. Most of the recommendations are Grade […]