Hyperchloraemia and mortality
Here’s something to add to the pile of data cautioning us to think before we acidify patients with saline. A […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
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All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma, Ultrasound
What happened to HIFU?
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) was hailed as the ‘surgery of the future’ a few years ago(1). As it’s now […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Perimortem Caesarean Delivery: Late is Better than Not
“To date, approximately one-third of the women who die during pregnancy remain undelivered at the time of death” Guidelines recommend […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
London Calling – part 3
Notes from Day 4 of the London Trauma Conference The highlight for me was Mr Jonny Morrison speaking on Resuscitative […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Transtracheal airways in kids. Well, pigs' kids anyway
Ever had to do a surgical airway in a child? Thought not. They’re pretty rare. Bill Heegaard MD from Henepin […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
A whole bunch of trauma guidelines
The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma has published a number of helpful evidence-based guidelines for trauma management, and […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Thoracoabdominal trauma outcomes
In what the authors describe as ‘the largest and most rigorous description of blunt thoracoabdominal injury to date’, we learn […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Surgical treatment for acute massive pulmonary embolism
A recent paper reminds us that surgery is an option in the management of massive pulmonary embolism(1), to be considered […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Life, limb and sight-saving procedures
The challenge of competence in the face of rarity by Dr Cliff Reid FCEM, and Dr Mike Clancy FCEM This […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
Hypotonic Versus Isotonic Fluids After Surgery for Children
Kids in hospital with injury, infection or other illness, and those undergoing the physiological stress of surgery, produce (appropriately) elevated […]