Brain tumours in kids
When might you suspect a brain tumour in a child who presents with, say, nausea and vomiting, or behavioural disturbance? […]
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New College Ketamine Guideline
The College of Emergency Medicine (UK) has updated its guideline on ketamine sedation in children. The summary is copied below […]
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Infant CPR: two thumbs even when alone
Infant CPR guidelines recommend two-finger chest compressions with a lone rescuer and two-thumb with two rescuers. Two-thumb provides better chest […]
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HFOV in preterms – no clear benefit
Pre-term infants lacking surfactant often require mechanical ventilation, but the consequent barotrauma and volutrauma may contribute to chronic lung disease, […]
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Terlipressin for refractory cardiac arrest in kids
Okay so it’s a small case series – but the results warrant further investigation: 10-20 mcg/kg terlipressin was given to […]
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Guideline improved pre-hospital RSI in kids
French physicians provide pre-hospital critical care in medical teams of regional SAMU (service d’aide me ́dicale urgente). A national guideline […]
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Paediatric Retrieval – what's the rush?
The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) in the UK performed 2106 interfacility transports between April 2006 and March 2008. The stabilisation […]
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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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Early CPAP versus Surfactant in Extreme Prems
In a randomised, multicentre trial of 1316 infants born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of […]
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Vital signs of severely injured children
Systolic blood pressures of severely injured children are very often hypertensive compared with APLS ‘norms’. A lower pulse rate is […]