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Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

Cliff / February 21, 2012

The Brain Trauma Foundation has released updated guidelines on traumatic brain injury in children. Most of the recommendations are Grade […]

Cliff / September 23, 2011

A review of capillary refill time (CRT) reveals some interesting details about this test: CRT is affected by age – […]

Cliff / June 24, 2011

A large review has established normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years […]

Cliff / June 12, 2011

A small retrospective study suggests adrenal insufficiency is common in kids with septic shock, and that steroid administration in these […]

Cliff / June 8, 2011

The abstract says it all – don’t use FAST to rule out significant abdominal free fluid in kids with blunt […]

Cliff / May 30, 2011

Much discussion has already taken place in the blogosphere about the FEAST study of fluid resuscitation in septic children. Although […]

Cliff / March 30, 2011

An ultrasound study of paediatric airways showed sonographic measurement to be a better predictor of tracheal tube size (using a […]

Cliff / March 25, 2011

I published a case report in the EMJ highlighting the use of intranasal ketamine in a pre-hospital paediatric burns case. […]

Cliff / March 16, 2011

Further validation of the UK-derived Luscombe weight formula has been made in the Australian setting. The nice simple formula for […]

Cliff / February 17, 2011

What are the factors associated with laryngospasm in ketamine sedation? A large study was unable to identify specific predictors: Objective: […]