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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APLS
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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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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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Estimating child weight in Hong Kong
We know that the ‘APLS formula’ is inaccurate as a tool for estimating weight in Western children, and British and […]
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Paediatric airway gems
Dr Rich Levitan has made an enormous contribution to the science and practice of emergency airway management, as his bibliography […]
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Australasian resus guidelines
Australian and New Zealand resuscitation councils have now revealed their resuscitation guidelines for adults and children. The index of guidelines […]
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Newborn mask ventilation
Seventy doctors and nurses from neonatal units administered positive pressure ventilation to a term newborn manikin using a Neopuff T-piece […]
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Swimming the Channelopathy
Drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. Some apparent drownings may be related to sudden […]
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Brain chain
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been associated with improved outcomes in term infants who present with moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, […]
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Paediatric arrest outcomes
A study of out-of-hospital paediatric arrests in Melbourne gives some useful outcome data: overall, paediatric victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest […]