Magnesium in asthma limits tachycardia
Dr WFS Sellers and colleagues describe several cases that demonstrate convincingly a protective effect of intravenous magnesium sulphate against the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
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Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
CPAP in LVF again
Another stab at assessing noninvasive ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary oedema has been made by Italian researchers who compared CPAP with […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus
GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors
A systematic review on use of GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors in NSTEACS has been updated as part of the Annals of Emergency […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus, Ultrasound
McConnell's sign revisited
In acute pulmonary embolism, a well-recognised pattern of right ventricular wall motion reported by McConnell is characterised by normal RV […]
Acute Med, All Updates
Fancy new ACS tests
It’s hard to keep track of all new proposed biomarkers that may be useful in the work up of acute […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance in dyspnoea
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) was used in ED patients presenting with dyspnoea to differentiate between cardiac and non-cardiac causes. The […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Bloodtest Not Pertinent (BNP)
Despite a lack of evidence that it’s useful, many emergency departments have introduced BNP testing. Some smart Australians decided to […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus
STEMI and PCI guidelines
Lots of interesting and up to date information in this thick document from December 2009 Full text is available here […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound
Echo best test for acute LVF in ED
Three diagnostic tests for acute left ventricular heart failure in dyspnoeic patients were compared, with the gold standard being the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Myocardial infarction not so common in LBBB?
An observational cohort study of 7937 ED visits by patients presenting with chest pain or ‘ischemic equivalent’ (shortness of breath […]