Tympanic monitoring for targeted temperature management
As the authors of this study point out, the reliability of tympanic temperature monitoring is still under debate. Since invasive […]
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resuscitation
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Hyperkalaemia dogmalysis
One of the things I enjoy most is the dismantling of medical dogma. In his brilliant blog Precious Bodily Fluids, […]
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ACEP policy on PE
The American College of Emergency Physicians has revised its 2003 clinical policy on pulmonary embolism. Among the areas considered […]
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Drugs in cardiac arrest – guess what works?
Just like epinephrine (adrenaline), amiodarone does not increase survival to hospital discharge in cardiac arrest patients. I doubt his will […]
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Single bag for adults and kids
A nice idea – using a single adult self-inflating bag for the resuscitation of adult and paediatric patients, marked to […]
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Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection
Much discussion has already taken place in the blogosphere about the FEAST study of fluid resuscitation in septic children. Although […]
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Cardiac arrest drugs and pupils
Although not predictive immediately post-cardiac arrest in the emergency department, dilated unreactive pupils two or three days later on the […]
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Two hands on the jaw for mask ventilation
Elective surgery patients were anaesthetised with propofol with or without fentanyl and had an oropharyngeal airway placed. They were ventilated […]
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ECLS on Japanese, in Japanese
A review of extracorporeal life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was undertaken, looking specifically at studies published in the Japanese […]
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Which cardiac arrest survivors have a positive angio?
A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients attended by a French pre-hospital system was performed to assess the predictive […]