Is cMyC the new troponin?
Anyone who reads the news is likely to have seen the recent paper in Circulation evaluating a new biomarker of acute coronary syndromes: cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyC) . […]
Is cMyC the new troponin? Read More »
Anyone who reads the news is likely to have seen the recent paper in Circulation evaluating a new biomarker of acute coronary syndromes: cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyC) . […]
Is cMyC the new troponin? Read More »
DETO2X-SWEDEHEART sounds like a new low-carb, high-alkali, So-Cal diet plan but it is actually a trial exploring the affect of oxygen on mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary
JC: Oxygen in ACS. A fuss about nothing? The DETO2X Trial at St.Emlyn’s Read More »
All good EM/CC clinicians know that venous thrombo embolism (VTE) is a potential complication of traumatic injury. The immobilisation and haematological changes associated with signficant injury are reasonably well described.
JC: The VTE and Major Trauma. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
We’ve debated Apnoeic Oxygenation on St.Emlyn’s in the past1. Physiologically it kind of makes sense. The idea that we can put ‘Os up the Nose’ (as someone cleverer than
JC: Apnoeic Oxygenation (again). St.Emlyn’s Read More »
It seems as though hypothermia is the therapy that never quite gets there. The Targeted Temperature Management1,2 trial showed no benefit post ROSC and the RINSE trial 3,4 showed no
Hypothermia in status epilepticus. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
I had the honour to speak at the very first Northern Emergency Medicine conference back in 2014 (I think). I had a fantastic time and met so many enthusiastic and
10+1 papers for the Northern Emergency Medicine conference. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Critical Appraisal of the medical literature is a key part of the armamentarium of a good Emergency Physician, not just to pass tricky exams, but also to stay up to
Critical Appraisal Nuggets – The St.Emlyn’s CAN Podcast Read More »
We use a lot of NIV in Virchester. It’s a great technique that can be started in the emergency department as a supportive therapy or as a bridge to intubation
JC: Helmets or masks for NIV. St.Emlyn’s Read More »