FAST in kids has low sensitivity
The abstract says it all – don’t use FAST to rule out significant abdominal free fluid in kids with blunt […]
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Acute Paediatrics
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Infant CPR causing rib fractures
An increase in rib fractures was observed at autopsy in infants who had undergone CPR, which is temporally related to […]
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Single bag for adults and kids
A nice idea – using a single adult self-inflating bag for the resuscitation of adult and paediatric patients, marked to […]
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Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection
Much discussion has already taken place in the blogosphere about the FEAST study of fluid resuscitation in septic children. Although […]
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Intubation checklist
Perhaps you’ve read the blog post and heard the podcast about the excellent NAP4 airway audit…..now you can start putting […]
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Intravenous lipid emulsion as antidote
Emergency physician intensivist Grant Cave and colleagues review the literature on intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy for human poisoning in […]
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Colorimetric CO2 detectors and newborns
Colorimetric CO2 detectors may fail to indicate successful tracheal tube placement in adults in certain circumstances, such as low cardiac […]
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Salt or sugar on the brain
A meta-analysis suggests hypertonic saline may be more effective at lowering intracranial pressure than mannitol. An accompanying editorial cleverly entitled […]
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Cardiac arrest drugs and pupils
Although not predictive immediately post-cardiac arrest in the emergency department, dilated unreactive pupils two or three days later on the […]
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Kids tracheal tubes – formulas galore
An ultrasound study of paediatric airways showed sonographic measurement to be a better predictor of tracheal tube size (using a […]