Infant CPR – push deeper?
A small study of 6 PICU patients requiring CPR for cardiac arrest due to primary cardiac disease showed that blood […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Resus
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All Updates, ICU, Resus
Is cerebral oxygenation negatively affected by infusion of norepinephrine in healthy subjects?
An interesting study on nine healthy volunteers demonstrated noradrenaline infusions to increase MAP without increasing cardiac output (by increasing systemic […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Which COPD patients should be admitted to the ICU?
A multicenter ICNARC-supported study of 832 COPD patients admitted to intensive care units showed a 180-day mortality of 37.9%. A […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
A Systematic Review of Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in Adults
This thorough review confirms that steroids have no clear benefit on mortality in severe sepsis / septic shock. Looking at […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus
Etomidate versus ketamine for rapid sequence intubation
Finally a well designed blinded randomised controlled trial on this subject. 0.3 mg/kg etomidate was compared with 2mg/kg ketamine for […]
Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Ketamine lowered ICP in brain-injured kids
Ketamine lowered ICP in brain-injured kids Ventilated children between the ages of 1 and 16 with traumatic brain injury and […]
Acute Med, Resus
Guidelines for D.I.C.
2009 Guideline for the Diagnosis and Managment of Disseminated Inravascular Coagulation DIC guideline available here Other useful guidelines from the […]
Acute Med, Resus
NINDS does not support 'time-is-brain' when re-presented
The first ‘positive’ trial that really started it all for stroke thrombolysis has been re-presented by showing that the change […]
Acute Med, Resus
Acute Kidney Injury Survivors – What happens next?
What happens to acutely ill patients with acute kidney injury requiring in-hospital dialysis after their acute admission? How many recover […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Paeds BVM for adult resus
Smaller self-inflating bags produce greater guideline consistent ventilation in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation A comparison between two sizes of self-inflating resuscitation […]