Better than FFP in trauma?
Replacement of clotting factors in bleeding trauma patients seems to be of benefit, but are coagulation factor concentrates safer than […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Open book fractures and ultrasound
For me, this is one of those ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’ studies… extending the FAST scan to measure […]
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E-FAST for pneumothorax
Image: A medical ultrasound linear array probe, scan head, transducer by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Some […]
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Effect of physician specialty on pre-hospital intubation success
Researchers from the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service describe the success of pre-hospital laryngoscopy according to the grade and specialty […]
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How about pre-hospital tranexamic acid?
Image: Tranexamic acid (cropped) by Mark Oniffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The CRASH 2 trial showed improved outcomes […]
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Central lines in coagulopathic patients
Image: Percutaneous central venous catheters, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If a patient needs a central line, he/she needs […]
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UK Radiology guidelines for trauma
The Royal College of Radiologists in the UK has published a guideline document to set standards related to diagnostic and […]
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FAST in kids has low sensitivity
Image: A modern medical ultrasound scanner by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The abstract says it all […]
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Steroids for trauma
Image: Hydrocortisone 100mg vial white background by Wesalius, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A French study on adult patients […]
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RSI complications increase with intubation difficulty
Image: Laryngoscope by ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A substudy of a large randomised controlled trial comparing etomidate […]