Delta CVP with PEEP and fluid responsiveness
I’ve been (and remain) critical of the use of CVP to determine ‘filling status’ or more accurately volume-responsiveness, even using […]
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ventilation
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Pre-hospital CPAP for pulmonary oedema
The physician-staffed mobile intensive care units of SAMU (Service d’Aide Médicale Urgente) in France provided the location for this randomised […]
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Mouth-to-nose breathing
Interesting – mouth to nose breathing was more effective than mouth-to-mouth in simulated resuscitations using anaesthetised, apnoeic patients: BACKGROUND: The […]
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Nitric oxide for right ventricular cardiogenic shock
A case report describes a patient with right ventricular cardiogenic shock due to a dissected right coronary artery1. There was […]
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Paeds BVM for adult resuscitation
Three hand-ventilation systems were used in a simulated adult resuscitation to determine the delivered volumes. The mean minute ventilation delivered […]
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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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Tube tip top tip
I’m not sure what this offers over purpose-built supraglottic airways, but effective ventilation may be achieved after failure of mask […]
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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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Neuromuscular blockade facilitates mask ventilation
A blinded randomised controlled trial of rocuronium versus saline in anaesthetised patients demonstrated that mask ventilation was easier in paralysed […]
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Prone ventilation in ARDS
Prone ventilation can improve refractory hypoxaemia in ARDS but its effects on mortality have not been impressive in some studies […]