Drugs in cardiac arrest – guess what works?
Just like epinephrine (adrenaline), amiodarone does not increase survival to hospital discharge in cardiac arrest patients. I doubt his will […]
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LRAs for acute asthma?
As far as I’m concerned the jury is still out here since this small study was terminated early, more patients […]
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Vasoactive drugs in cardiogenic shock
I’m always on the look-out for evidence to guide vasoactive drug therapy, an area where much dogma is spouted by […]
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Cardiac arrest drugs and pupils
Although not predictive immediately post-cardiac arrest in the emergency department, dilated unreactive pupils two or three days later on the […]
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Longer apnoea time with roc in the obese too
Suxamethonium increases muscle oxygen consumption as a result of skeletal muscle fasciculation. In a comparison between sux and rocuronium in […]
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Furosemide infusion in acute decompensated heart failure
A randomised controlled trial of 308 patients with acute decompensated heart failure compared continuous furosemide infusion with ‘low’ dose (equal […]
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Alfentanil for Procedural Sedation
Image: First aid kit, Paris, France, 1901-1910 Wellcome L0057806, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons An evaluation of single-agent alfentanil […]
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Rocuronium vs suxamethonium
This short but punchy lecture by Reuben Strayer of the excellent Emergency Medicine Updates blog addresses some dogma and tells […]
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More on Rocuronium (and Sugammadex)
While I am gradually being persuaded rocuronium might after all be a better choice than suxamethonium for rapid sequence intubation […]
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Neuromuscular blockade facilitates mask ventilation
Image: Bag Valve Mask (AMBU – bag) by Hospital, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A blinded randomised controlled trial […]