CRASH-2 and head injury
The overall effect of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid on outcome from major trauma was assessed in the CRASH-2 trial, […]
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Crike rate 1 in 500 in Scottish ED
Image: Edinburgh skyline – geograph.org.uk – 648277 by Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A review of over […]
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How much oxygen after ROSC?
I reported a previous JAMA publication demonstrating an association between hyperoxia and mortality in patients resuscitated post-cardiac arrest. The same […]
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How about pre-hospital tranexamic acid?
Image: Tranexamic acid (cropped) by Mark Oniffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The CRASH 2 trial showed improved outcomes […]
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Dexamethasone for community acquired pneumonia
Image: Dexamethasone tablets by Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Another Dutch study has examined steroids for community acquired pneumonia, […]
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Central lines in coagulopathic patients
Image: Percutaneous central venous catheters, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If a patient needs a central line, he/she needs […]
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Neurologic complications in infective endocarditis
More than half of patients admitted to ICU with left-sided infective endocarditis developed neurologic complications OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical […]
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ACEP policy on PE
Image: 3D Medical Animation still shot Pulmonary Embolism by https://www.scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The American College of […]
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Steroids for trauma
Image: Hydrocortisone 100mg vial white background by Wesalius, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A French study on adult patients […]
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Erythropoietin for STEMI
In STEMI patients, intravenous erythropoietin within 4 hours of PCI did not reduce infarct size and was associated with higher […]