Kids – Page 16

Appendicitis policy

Cliff / February 7, 2010

The American College of Emergency Physicians has produced a policy entitled: ‘Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Emergency […]

Cliff / February 4, 2010

A case report describes three failed attempts to flush or secure an intraosseous needle placed using the EZ-IO drill during […]

Cliff / January 29, 2010

A reminder of the British Thoracic Society guidelines on the management of asthma, revised June 2009

Cliff / January 29, 2010

In a study of febrile infants with a bulging fontanelle, only one out of 153 infants had bacterial meningitis. Other diagnoses […]

Cliff / January 1, 2010

Data were collected on 53 episodes of paraldehyde use in tonic-clonic status epilepticus, which showed it appeared to be effective […]

Cliff / December 3, 2009

In a prospective randomised controlled multi-centre trial, cuffed tracheal tubes were compared with uncuffed tubes in 2246 children aged from […]

Cliff / December 2, 2009

A review of burn first aid treatments highlights the paucity of evidence on which to make firm recommendations. The authors […]

Cliff / November 23, 2009

A child with status epilepticus has been stabilised and intubated and is awaiting admission to the paediatric intensive care unit. […]

Cliff / November 2, 2009

The most common aetiology of heart failure in previously well children is myocarditis. A review of 62 cases whose final […]

Cliff / October 29, 2009

A joint policy statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics lists guidelines and […]