dogmalysis – Page 3

Out-of hospital traumatic paediatric cardiac arrest

Cliff / May 12, 2012

This small study on traumatic arrests in children1 refutes the “100% mortality from traumatic arrest” dogma that people still spout […]

Cliff / November 1, 2011

The painful dogma of “GCS ≤8 = intubate” is nicely challenged by the A&E Academic Unit at Prince of Wales […]

Cliff / October 27, 2011

Patients with acute exacerbations of asthma randomised to receive high concentration oxygen therapy showed a greater rise in CO2 than […]

Cliff / October 3, 2011

I’m getting worn down by clinicians – often other specialists – who insist that CT imaging of the brain is […]

Cliff / September 24, 2011

The tradition of transporting trauma patients to hospital in a supine position may not be the safest approach in obtunded […]

Cliff / September 21, 2011

It’s become popular to use the term ‘vasopressors’ or just ‘pressors’ when noradrenaline/norepinephrine or even (in some places still) dopamine […]

Cliff / June 24, 2011

A large review has established normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years […]

Cliff / June 21, 2011

If a patient needs a central line, he/she needs one. Often low platelets or a deranged coagulation profile are cited […]

Cliff / June 20, 2011

As the authors of this study point out, the reliability of tympanic temperature monitoring is still under debate. Since invasive […]

Cliff / June 15, 2011

One of the things I enjoy most is the dismantling of medical dogma. In his brilliant blog Precious Bodily Fluids, […]