Magnesium in asthma limits tachycardia
Dr WFS Sellers and colleagues describe several cases that demonstrate convincingly a protective effect of intravenous magnesium sulphate against the […]
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Kids
Acute Paediatrics
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Hypertonic saline in bronchiolitis
A Canadian randomised controlled trial compared nebulised 3% saline with 0.9% saline in 81 infants under 2 years of age […]
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Aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration
Two studies this month report a correlation between ultrasound detected aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration in children presenting with diarrhoea and/or […]
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Propofol for kids in the ED
A systematic review of the use of propofol for paediatric procedural sedation (PPS) identified sixty studies and 17 066 published […]
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Paediatric arrest outcomes
A study of out-of-hospital paediatric arrests in Melbourne gives some useful outcome data: overall, paediatric victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest […]
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AED Use in Children Now Includes Infants
From the new 2010 resuscitation guidelines: For attempted defibrillation of children 1 to 8 years of age with an AED, […]
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Resuscitation Guideline Changes
The European Resuscitation Council’s Summary of Major Changes in the 2010 guidelines can be downloaded here
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New CPR Guidelines
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has published its five-yearly update of resuscitation guidelines. The American Heart Association Guidelines can […]
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Two smaller lines may be quicker
Using Poiseuille’s law and standardized gauge sizes, an 18-gauge (g) intravenous catheter (IV) should be 2.5 times faster than a […]
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Peripheral vasoactive infusions
It is often recommended that vasoactive agents are infused via central lines because of the risk of infiltration and tissue […]