Echo for cardiac arrest outcome prediction
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Etomidate & sepsis
A meta-analysis attempts to quantify etomidate’s effect on mortality and adrenal suppression. Of course, we all know a meta-analysis can […]
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Thoracoabdominal trauma outcomes
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Not just in ARDS
A ‘lung protective’ ventilation strategy that includes low tidal volumes has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with ARDS. […]
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Hydroxyethyl Starch vs Saline
Another nail in the coffin of starch solutions for critical care patients was banged in by Prof Myburgh and colleagues […]
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What's with all the chloride? An assault on salt
I continue to be bewildered at my ED colleagues’ overwhelming preference for 0.9% saline as a resuscitation fluid regardless of […]
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What is 'hypotension' in penetrating trauma?
Image: 2020 Sfigmomanometr elektroniczny by Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons I previously noted an article demonstrating that […]
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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Image: Ecmo schema-1- by Jürgen Schaub. de:User:Mr.Flintstone, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons You have a patient in cardiac […]
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Hypothermia after long down times
You receive a patient resuscitated from cardiac arrest to a perfusing rhythm in your emergency department. History suggests a long […]
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Don't ignore the diastolic
Most of us are pretty good at spotting hypotension and activating help or initiating therapy. But ‘hypotension’ in many practitioners’ […]