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) . […]
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Journal Club
Stay up to date with the latest research in emergency and acute care. Our journal club posts critically appraise new studies, discuss their clinical relevance, and explore how evidence can inform practice.
JC: Oxygen in ACS. A fuss about nothing? The DETO2X Trial at St.Emlyn’s
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
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JC: The VTE and Major Trauma. St.Emlyn’s
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.
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JC: Apnoeic Oxygenation (again)
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 I
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Mike Charlesworth and Lee Feddy: ‘Predatory publishers’ – time for a re-think?
Imagine that you are a foundation doctor (PGY 1-2), and you have written a case report during your general surgery rotation. Your supervisor has approved the manuscript and delegated the
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Fake news, lies, fraud, errors and statistics. St.Emlyn’s
One of the most inspiring talks at SMACC Dub was delivered by John Carlisle on the subject of fraud in medical publishing. It was inspiring for many reasons, the topic
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JC: Pain Scales in the Paediatric ED
I will confess a geeky interest in paediatric pain management (I’ve spoken and written about it before at St Emlyns), so when I spotted this paper published online ahead of
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JC: Those who can, do; those who teach, do better. St.Emlyn’s
I’ve always been somewhat irritated by that old adage that ‘Those that can do; those that can’t, teach’. Apart from the obvious intended insult to teachers (which is just rude),
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