Hypovolaemic shock and pre-hospital hypertonic saline
No benefit was shown in a trial of hypertonic saline (with or without dextran) versus 0.9% saline in patients with […]
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FAST in kids has low sensitivity
Image: A modern medical ultrasound scanner by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The abstract says it all […]
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Steroids for trauma
Image: Hydrocortisone 100mg vial white background by Wesalius, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A French study on adult patients […]
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Decompressive craniectomy for high ICP head trauma
Bilateral decompressive craniectomy for severe diffuse traumatic brain injury and intracranial hypertension that was refractory to first line therapies did […]
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Military vascular injury to the torso is deadly
Outcomes are described for military personnel with vascular injury sustained in Afghanistan and Iraq. BACKGROUND: Military injuries to named blood […]
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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler
The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]
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Fever in head injury might not be bad
Thanks to Michael McGonigal MD for highlighting this in his excellent Trauma Professional’s Blog: Body temperature does not necessarily reflect […]
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London trauma deaths described
Doctors from Britain’s most established major trauma centre – the Royal London Hospital – have produced mortality data over a […]
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Military trauma care meets standards
Image: Medic in Training by Jonathan Mallard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Recent recommendations were made regarding trauma care […]
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Limits on resuscitative thoractomy in ED
Eighteen trauma centers contributed ED resuscitative thoracotomy data to a study that commenced enrollment in January 2003. During the ensuing […]