Post-arrest hypothermia in children did not improve outcome
Many clinicians extrapolate adult research findings to paediatric patients because there’s no alternative, and until now we’ve had to do […]
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Blunt traumatic arrest in kids
Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes are not great, but they’re not so bad that resuscitation is futile – a subject I’ve […]
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Breaking with tradition in paediatric RSI
‘Traditional’ rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia is often described with inclusion of cricoid pressure and the strict omission of any […]
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Palpating neonatal tracheal tubes
After neonatal intubation, the incidence of malposition of the tip of the tracheal tube is fairly high. A technique was […]
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Atropine for Paediatric RSI?
In some areas it has been traditional to pre-medicate or co-medicate with atropine when intubating infants and children, despite a […]
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Resus Team Size and Productivity
A paediatric trauma centre study showed that in their system, seven people at the bedside was the optimum number to […]
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High Flow Nasal Cannulae In Paediatric Retrieval
High Flow Nasal Cannulae (HFNC) oxygen therapy was introduced in paediatric interfacility retrievals undertaken by the Mater Children’s PICU Retrieval […]
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Is 4 Joules per kg enough in kids?
Researchers from the Iberian-American Paediatric Cardiac Arrest Study Network challenge the evidence base behind defibrillation shock dose recommendations in children. […]
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Intranasal ketamine for kids – 1mg / kg?
A small pilot study on a convenience sample of children presenting to the emergency department with acute limb injury pain […]
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Another argument for ED thoracotomy
A team from Los Angeles (including the great Kenji Inaba) has published a study on penetrating cardiac wounds in the […]