Stopping infusions before PCI transfer
An interhospital transport service introduced a no infusions policy for patients being transferred for primary coronary intervention, instead giving a […]
All Updates, PHARM
drugs
Acute Med, All Updates
Alternative to warfarin after VTE
In a randomised noninferiority trial the oral direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran was compared with warfarin in patients with venous thromboembolic […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Epinephrine and Dexamethasone in Children with Bronchiolitis
A multicentre double blind trial in 800 infants with bronchiolitis aged between 6 weeks and 12 months compared placebo with […]
All Updates, Guidelines, PHARM
Standard medication kit for prehospital and retrieval physicians
A very comprehensive (hence the title of the paper) review of medications required for pre-hospital & retrieval medicine missions was […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
oxygen for myocardial infarction – harmful?
Hyperoxia may reduce coronary artery blood flow, increase systemic vascular resistance, and decrease cardiac output. This paper argues that if […]
All Updates, ICU
Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam
An industry-sponsored double-blind randomised controlled trial comparing midazolam with the central alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine showed the newer drug to provide […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Neonatal prostaglandin E1 and apnoea
The risk of apnoea in neonates requiring prostaglandin E1 infusions for duct-dependent congenital heart disease is well described and often […]