Insertion of chest drains
The UK National Health Service’s National Patient Safety Agency published a report entitled ‘Risks of chest drain insertion’, reporting 12 […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Ultrasound
Ultrasound
Sonographic bits and bobs
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids, Ultrasound
Appendicitis policy
The American College of Emergency Physicians has produced a policy entitled: ‘Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Emergency […]
Ultrasound
Fetal ultrasound safe
From the UK’s Health Protection Agency website: The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR), which reports to the Health […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Differentiating arteries from veins
In a letter to Critical Care Medicine, ultrasound legend Michael Blaivas reminds readers that during ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation, an […]