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Difficult tube – Easytube

Cliff / February 21, 2011

French pre-hospital physicians included the Easytube, which is similar to the Combitube, in their difficult airway algorithm. They describe the […]

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Flying Docs and Airways

Cliff / February 11, 2011

Flying Doctor Minh Le Cong describes the profile and success rates of emergency endotracheal intubation conducted by the Queensland Royal Flying […]

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Propofol and the heart

Cliff / February 6, 2011

I don’t normally blog about animal studies, but on reading a review of recent(-ish) shock research I was interested in […]

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Sux vs Roc in ED RSI

Cliff / January 18, 2011

Suxamethonium and rocuronium were compared in a database of prospectively recorded cases of RSI in the emergency department. A total […]

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Intubating spinal patients – the haemodynamics

Cliff / January 1, 2011

Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation transiently increase arterial pressure, heart rate (HR), and circulating catecholamines, in part attributed to reflex sympathetic […]

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Paramedic RSI in Australia

Cliff / December 30, 2010

A prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared paramedic rapid sequence intubation with hospital intubation in adults with severe traumatic brain injury […]

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Etomidate vs midazolam in sepsis

Cliff / November 5, 2010

Given that single-dose etomidate can cause measurable adrenal suppression, its use in patients with sepsis is controversial. A prospective, double-blind, […]

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