December 2019 podcast round up. St Emlyn’s
Our regular round up of the best of the blog from December 2019. Published a little late, largely because of Coronavirus issues and general business. vb S
JC: Critical Care Reviews day 2. #CCR20. St Emlyn's
In addition to the presentation of the VITAMINS trial and the PEPTIC trial we also saw a number of other papers presented. These are listed below, but have not been fully critically appraised. We’ll leave …
JC: The Vitamins trial. Hydrocortisone, Vit C and Thiamine (Marik protocol – or not?) in sepsis. St Emlyn's
You may remember the controversy about Paul Marik’s suggestions that a combination of Vitamin C, steroids and Thiamine (sometimes known as HAT1) is a cure all for sepsis. There were some rather dramatic claims that …
JC: The PEPTIC study PPI vs H2RBs on the ICU. St Emlyn's
The PEPTIC study is a randomised controlled trial of a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) vs. Histamine-2 Receptor Blockers for ulcer prophylaxis on the ICU. Think Omeprazole vs. Ranitidine as your choice of prophylaxis. Although there …
JC: The IHME study on the global burden of sepsis. St Emlyn's
Editors note: This blog is based on the presentation of this trial at the Critical Care Reviews conference in Belfast. We will add more data, and be able to add a more detailed critical appraisal …
JC: Critical care reviews meeting day 1 #CCR20. St Emlyn's
In addition to the breaking trials at the #CCR meetings a number of other important trials were presented that you should seek out and review. We’ve not done full critical appraisals on these trials, that’s …
JC: The 65 trial. Targeting MAP in sepsis. St Emlyn's at #CCR20
Editors note: This blog is based on the presentation of the 65 trial at the Critical Care Reviews conference in Belfast. We will add more data, and be able to add a more detailed critical …
JC: Journal club book for 2019-2020 published. #FOAMed
We’re delighted to publish the annual St Emlyn’s critical appraisal book this week. It’s a collection of our best critical appraisal blogs and covers over 30 papers that we have found to be interesting, challenging, …
DFTB. The procedure paradox update. St Emlyn's
Updated content and video This is an update and repost of a blog from last Summer following the release of the video from the 2019 Don’t Forget the Bubbles (DFTB) conference in London. The original …
November 2019 podcast round up. St Emlyn's
The latest from the blog in podcast form. vb S