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Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound

Does RV enlargement on echo predict PE?

Cliff / January 20, 2014

A nice paper from Annals of Emergency Medicine showing the test characteristcs of some of the common signs we look […]

Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values

Cliff / July 16, 2013

Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values (age×10 µg/L) improve specificity without losing sensitivity for venous thromboembolism. This could spare many elderly […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus

Surgical treatment for acute massive pulmonary embolism

Cliff / October 7, 2012

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, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound

Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism

Cliff / October 2, 2012

I had great fun joining in a Google Hangout with the Ultrasound Podcast guys and some real masters of emergency/critical […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus

Thrombolytic Therapy in Unstable Patients with PE

Cliff / June 16, 2012

Most of us would give strong consideration to giving thrombolytics to patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE), which is in […]

Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Kids, Resus

Clotbusting wisdom on tap – your questions answered

Cliff / March 9, 2012

The prevention and management of venous thromboembolic disease is a huge topic, which generates questions for emergency, critical care, and […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU

Enoxaparin in acute medical patients

Cliff / December 29, 2011

A large multinational study challenges the practice of routine thromboprophylaxis for hospitalised acutely ill medical patients. Enoxaparin plus graduated compression […]