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UK Radiology guidelines for trauma

Cliff / June 19, 2011

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

Cliff / June 8, 2011

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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STEMI criteria vary with age and sex

Cliff / May 3, 2011

On reading through the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science – Part 10: […]

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'Sensitive' troponin assays do not rule out at ED presentation

Cliff / May 2, 2011

An assessment of new ‘sensitive’ troponin assays at presentation of chest pain patients in a real-world ED setting showed that […]

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Triple marker panel for AMI

Cliff / April 30, 2011

A large Asian/Australasian study examined a 2hr triple-marker test in patients presenting with chest pain. BACKGROUND: Patients with chest pain […]

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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler

Cliff / April 1, 2011

The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]

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CVT guideline

Cliff / March 23, 2011

Thanks to neuro-icu.com for highlighting this one: The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have produced guidelines for the […]

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