JC: Vitamin SCepTiC?
We all love the idea of a magic bullet for sepsis. Despite having had our fingers burnt here before (like this time, and this time and […]
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Hypothermia in status epilepticus. St.Emlyn’s
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
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JC: Clots in Pots gets Top Spot. Thromboprophylaxis at St.Emlyn’s
Every so often, a paper comes along that contradicts your gut feeling and/or current practice and makes you really think hard. That happened to me this weekend. You may have
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Can we buy time in bleeding trauma. St.Emlyn’s.
Bleeding in trauma has had a lot of press recently. In Europe we have had several international consensus guidelines published on the topic. Unfortunately, these guidelines (published the same year)
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JC: EuroTHERM or EuroBURNED. St.Emlyn’s
October has been a stellar month for publication of critical care trials in high impact journals. SPLIT, HEAT and FELLOW have already been FOAMed all over, but that left me
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Neurocritical care in Manchester NASGBI and St.Emlyn’s
Neurocritical care debate, discussion and overall goodness this month, in the form of a conference. This time at least it’s local and the St Emlyns team are off to Manchester
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JC: What’s the ‘best’ test for a broken chest?
A 45 year old man comes off his motorbike on a country road. He is flagged up as major trauma and gets the full works, including WBCT. This reveals nothing
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Ambulatory PE: A walk in the park? St.Emlyn’s
What’s your weapon of choice then??? There have been a lot of developments within the last 10 years regarding our clinical approach to the patient with suspected pulmonary embolism.
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