Fetal monitoring during EMS transport
Can cardiotocography be applied in the pre-hospital setting? French physicians assessed its feasibility in 145 patients enrolled during 119 interhospital […]
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Evidence refutes ATLS shock classification
I have always had a problem with the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock, and omit it from teaching as any […]
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capnometry versus pulse oximetry during procedural sedation
During emergency department procedural sedation, some clinicians (myself included) advocate non-invasive capnography for the early detection of apnoea. Others argue […]
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ETCO2 and ROSC
One for the ‘hardly surprising’ category…. A study of end-tidal CO2 during out-of-hospital adult and child cardiac arrest resuscitation showed […]
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Tracheal tube cuff pressure in flight
Tracheal tube cuff pressures increased from a mean 28.7 cm H2O pre-flight to 62.6 cm H2O in flight (mean altitude increase 2260 […]
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Femoral SvO2 not so useful
Bloods sampled from both femoral vein and SVC-sited catheters in critically ill patients showed good correlation in lactate levels but […]
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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 […]
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Target Oxygen Saturation in Extreme Prems
1316 infants who were born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of gestation were randomised to […]
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Protected: Positive capnography in cadavers
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Low PPV can still be fluid responsive
Pulse pressure variation with respiration (PPV) predicts fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. Because this is due to transmission of […]