TBI: The Final Frontier…
Summer hols and quiet times for many of us at present, so apologies for lack of posts. There is always stuff going on in the background however, and several of …
Designer medicine for suspected DVT: the 4D study. St Emlyn’s
Do you want to halve your ultrasound referral rate for suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis? You do? How marvellous. Reducing referral rates from ED for a specialist test like vascular sonography …
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Learning from airway management in the ED: UK Perspective
This is the transcript for an invited talk at the recent Difficult Airway Society (DAS) 2021 virtual conference. It was lovely to be invited and great of the organisers to …
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JC: Thromboprophylaxis for the non ICU hospitalised COVID-19 patient. St Emlyn’s
Back in March we reported on a pre-print trial of thromboprophylaxis of ICU patients. The results suggested that there was no benefit for therapeutic dose anticoagulation in COVID19 as a prophylactic strategy for …
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Post-vaccine headache in the Emergency Department: what you need to know. St Emlyn’s
I am sure you all saw the recent MHRA press release and guidance, discussing the issue of a possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine and a rare type of …
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Tocilizumabulous? A special offer on IL-6 with Tocilizumab.
It’s very rare we produce three instalments on one particular drug for one particular condition, and certainly not within such a short time frame. However, tocilizumab has been worth it. …
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Tocilizumorelikeit? The latest data on Tocilizumab. St Emlyn’s
Hot on the heels of a terrific pun and blog post about the use of Tocilizumab, capturing all the intrigue, hope and caution with the potential use of this novel therapeutic …
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Tocilizumaybe? Immune modulation in COVID-19 @StEmlyns
I am sure many of you saw the breaking news on the BBC the other week, about a new wonderdrug to strengthen our defences against the tidal wave that is …
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Research, trainees and prioritisation in UK emergency medicine.
The UK Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN) was created (officially) in 2018 and mentioned previously by Simon & Dan in this early digital outing. The initial mission was to demystify clinical …
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VTE and COVID-19: Would you like to know more?
That’s a leading question. Of course you would. Who wouldn’t want to know more about a disease that has killed >1 million people to date, worldwide. Who wouldn’t want to know more …