Head Rotation for Mask Ventilation
This is a guest post from Dr Per Bredmose, anaesthetist and retrieval medicine physician in Norway, also known as Viking […]
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Avoiding intubation in ARDS with awake ECMO
A letter in Intensive Care Medicine by Hoeper and colleagues from Hannover describes a small case series of six ARDS […]
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TracMan results
The TracMan trial – a multicentre randomised trial of early vs late tracheostomy in ICU patients – has been published, […]
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Thenar eminence based medicine
A recent study showed superior effectiveness of one bag-mask ventilation style over another in novice providers. The technique recommended is […]
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High flow nasal cannula oxygen
Where I work high flow humidified nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) is used for infants with bronchiolitis and our ICU also […]
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High Frequency Oscillation Trial Results
Here’s a heads up on a major evidence-based medicine event in critical care: the results of two long awaited randomised […]
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Not just in ARDS
A ‘lung protective’ ventilation strategy that includes low tidal volumes has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with ARDS. […]
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Don't bronchodilators work in infants?
Inpatient paediatric teams can be scornful when bronchodilators are given by ED staff to wheezing infants, correctly referring to the […]
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Unknown unknowns and pleural effusions
There are plenty of unknowns when it comes to management of pleural effusions on the ICU, which led to a […]
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Ventilated patients better able to communicate pain with dexmedetomidine
A multicentre European trial on intensive care units showed dexmedetomidine was non-inferior to midazolam or propofol in achieving target sedation […]