Higher PEEP in ARDS
The current mortality of 35% associated with acute lung injury (ALI) is roughly three times higher than that associated with […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
ventilation
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Difficult mask ventilation
A comprehensive review of difficult mask ventilation (DMV) reports that the incidence of DMV varies widely (from 0.08% to 15%) […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Prehospital Hypocapnia and Poor Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients admitted to a level 1 trauma centre with traumatic brain injury whose end-tidal CO2 was kept with the Brain […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Paeds BVM for adult resus
Smaller self-inflating bags produce greater guideline consistent ventilation in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation A comparison between two sizes of self-inflating resuscitation […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
NIV for weaning
Use of non-invasive ventilation to wean critically ill adults off invasive ventilation: meta-analysis and systematic review The growing evidence base […]
All Updates, ICU
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a well recognised complication of ICU care, but colonisation and infection further up the respiratory […]