Tympanic monitoring for targeted temperature management
As the authors of this study point out, the reliability of tympanic temperature monitoring is still under debate. Since invasive […]
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Targeted temperature management guidelines
Okay – rather than ‘therapeutic hypothermia’, the recommended phrase now is ‘targeted temperature management’. Several critical care authorities got together […]
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Colorimetric CO2 detectors and newborns
Colorimetric CO2 detectors may fail to indicate successful tracheal tube placement in adults in certain circumstances, such as low cardiac […]
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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler
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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Pre-hospital Echo
Pre-hospital physicians in Germany performed basic echo on patients with symptoms either of profound hypotension and/or severe dyspnoea/tachypnoea where judged […]
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What's a normal newborn O2 sat?
Maybe they’re not just little adults after all: the normal reference ranges for oxygen saturation in the first few minutes […]
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Out of hospital monitoring in kids
I don’t have full text access to the Journal Pediatrics, so I’m not sure what I make of this small […]
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GCS in intubated patients
We use the Glasgow Coma Score to describe conscious level, derived from eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. One […]
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End tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest
Measuring end-tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest patients is helpful for confirming tracheal tube placement assessing the effectiveness of chest compressions […]
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Passive leg raising during CPR
Measuring end-tidal carbon dioxide (ET CO2 ) is a practical non-invasive method for detecting pulmonary blood flow, reflecting cardiac output […]