Two hands on the jaw for mask ventilation
Elective surgery patients were anaesthetised with propofol with or without fentanyl and had an oropharyngeal airway placed. They were ventilated […]
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Acute Paediatrics
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Intranasal ketamine analgesia
I published a case report in the EMJ highlighting the use of intranasal ketamine in a pre-hospital paediatric burns case. […]
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Weight formula validation
Further validation of the UK-derived Luscombe weight formula has been made in the Australian setting. The nice simple formula for […]
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ILCOR neonatal cooling guideline
On the basis of the published data to date the Neonatal Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation […]
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Laryngospasm and ketamine
What are the factors associated with laryngospasm in ketamine sedation? A large study was unable to identify specific predictors: Objective: […]
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What's a normal newborn O2 sat?
Maybe they’re not just little adults after all: the normal reference ranges for oxygen saturation in the first few minutes […]
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US determined best LP position
Here ultrasound was used to ascertain the best position for doing a lumbar puncture in kids, where the interspinous space […]
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Therapeutic hypothermia for newborns
More evidence that cooling the hypoxic neonatal brain improves outcomes…. OBJECTIVE Mild hypothermia after perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) reduces neurologic […]
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2J or 4J/kg in Paediatric Defibrillation?
Should we shock with 2J/kg or 4J/kg in Paediatric Defibrillation? The answer seems to be ‘we still don’t know’. Don’t […]
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Out of hospital monitoring in kids
I don’t have full text access to the Journal Pediatrics, so I’m not sure what I make of this small […]