The opposite of acute kidney injury?
Prescribing in the critically ill patient can be a challenge due to a number of factors impacting on pharmacology: variable […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
critical care
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Size matters when you're sick
A nice example of a difference between elective anaesthesia and critical care practice when it comes to airway management is […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
Unknown unknowns and pleural effusions
There are plenty of unknowns when it comes to management of pleural effusions on the ICU, which led to a […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Confidential stuff – in hospital cardiac arrests
A new report describes room for improvement in the care of cardiac arrest patients in hospital1. The National Confidential Enquiry […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Thrombolytic Therapy in Unstable Patients with PE
Most of us would give strong consideration to giving thrombolytics to patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE), which is in […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Ultrasound
Not a pin cushion
This is the daughter of my friend. Avery is only seven months old and has survived a critical illness and […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids
Passive leg raise predicted fluid responsiveness in kids
Passive leg raising (PLR) is a great ‘free reversible fluid challenge’ to see if a shocked or hypotensive patient is […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Non-invasive BP in shock
In the management of the shocked patient, we sometimes get a little fixated on the need for an arterial line. […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Intubation of the critically ill in Scotland
Hi folks! Cliff has given me the helm of his blogsite for this week whilst he is teaching prehospital and […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
Extubation guidelines
Tracheal extubation is a high risk procedure in anaesthesia and critical care. Until now most guidelines have focused on intubation, […]