Estimating child weight in Hong Kong
We know that the ‘APLS formula’ is inaccurate as a tool for estimating weight in Western children, and British and […]
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UK children sedation guideline
Despite the huge number of articles in the literature on paediatric sedation, one still encounters acrimonious debates about the appropriateness […]
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Paediatric airway gems
Dr Rich Levitan has made an enormous contribution to the science and practice of emergency airway management, as his bibliography […]
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Better outcome with paediatric retrieval teams
Data from the England and Wales Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network on children (aged 16 years or younger) admitted to […]
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Australasian resus guidelines
Australian and New Zealand resuscitation councils have now revealed their resuscitation guidelines for adults and children. The index of guidelines […]
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Ketamine update
Anaesthetist Dr Jan Persson from Stockholm has published an updated review of recent ketamine literature. The following interesting facts about […]
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Newborn mask ventilation
Seventy doctors and nurses from neonatal units administered positive pressure ventilation to a term newborn manikin using a Neopuff T-piece […]
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Swimming the Channelopathy
Drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. Some apparent drownings may be related to sudden […]
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Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies in Children
Asphyxiation by an inhaled foreign body is a leading cause of accidental death among children younger than 4 years. A review […]
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Brain chain
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been associated with improved outcomes in term infants who present with moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, […]