Paediatric ketamine sedation: adverse events
Records of 4252 patients aged 0-19 who received ketamine were reviewed for documented adverse events. Patients were all American Society […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
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Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus
Expiratory vs inspiratory films affects interpretation of pneumothorax guidelines
Radiographs of 49 spontaneous pneumothoraces were studied, showing that in the expiratory films, pneumothoraces were on average 9% larger. When […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
Subarachnoid haemorrhage guidelines
Guidelines on Subarachnoid Haemorrhage are available from the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association. Most of the summaries are […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Epinephrine and Dexamethasone in Children with Bronchiolitis
A multicentre double blind trial in 800 infants with bronchiolitis aged between 6 weeks and 12 months compared placebo with […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Plasma:red cell transfusion ratio in trauma
In major trauma patients who require blood transfusion, fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to packed red blood cell (RBC) ratios of […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
ScvO2 in sepsis: high is bad too
ScvO2 values are obtained by measuring the oxygen saturation in venous blood returning to the heart, and reflect the balance […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Levosimendan in beta blocker overdose
Not a human study, but toxicology RCTS rarely are… Levosimendan – a calcium sensitiser with inotropic properties, was superior to […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus
External jugular vein a tricky one
Emergency medicine residents and paramedics cannulated patients who were anaesthetised. The external jugular vein (EJV) took longer to cannulate and […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
IO in OI
A case report describes three failed attempts to flush or secure an intraosseous needle placed using the EZ-IO drill during […]
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DC shock? I want my blankie!
A blanket made of nonconducting material was used to allow CPR to continue during defibrillation of arrested swine. Coronary perfusion […]