Another Friday another JC in Virchester. Lots of chin stroking and pontification on this one. We looked at the ADAPT trial by Martin Than and colleagues. Essentially they assessed the …
JC: ADAPT my management of low risk chest pain? I’m not sure I will……. Read More »
New guidance out on sickle disease from NICE in the BMJ I must admit to having a bit of an interest in sickle cell disease and the ED. There are …
The dilemmas and difficulties of diagnosing Aortic dissection in the emergency department. Differential diagnosis. Early investigation and management.
Another Journal club, another fruity (or vegetable-y) discussion today. The recent large prospective RCT by the Scandinavian 6S trial group on HydroxyEthyl Starch vs Ringer’s acetate in severe sepsis was …
Check out our ICEM poster on this. So, I see this old chestnut is under discussion again. A couple of us from the EmergINg team brought a poster to ICEM on this …
Superficial Venous Thrombosis: watch and wait or anticoagulate? Read More »
We published an interesting BET in the EMJ earlier (open access version here) this year about the use of low molecular weight heparin for patients placed in below knee POPs …
It seems to me that many emergency physicians struggle to understand exactly how we’re supposed to be managing patients with suspected cardiac chest pain. The first, and arguably most important …
Deciding Who To Investigate For ACS: The Problem Of ‘Coronary Bridge’ Read More »
Is Venous Thrombo Embolism the most controversial area of EM practice at the moment? I think it might be as there is rarely a meeting or conference where the subject …
New NICE guidance on Investigation of DVT in the ED Read More »
