Croup: Riding the Dex Express
Management of Croup in the emergency department. Does dexamethasone work?
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JC: Journals are dead: Long live the Journal Club
“The report of my death was an exaggeration” Mark Twain Just a quicky and a link out to our guide on Emergency Medicine Journal Clubs. Despite the rumours of the
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Paediatric medications – Kiddy pills, syrup, compliance and cost
Taste influence compliance in paediatric prescribing. Important to test taste in the ED.
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Chirocaine vs Bupivicaine – Through the Looking Glass
I’ve seen a few paediatric femoral shaft fractures in the last couple of years, and while they always make my spidey-sense tingle for non-accidental injury, most (even the spiral fractures)
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Glasgow Blatchford Score 2 – The case for an RCT!
Thanks for a great post, Gareth. If you’ve landed here without reading that post, hit the link – this is a follow on, a ‘deep dive’ in the words of Smart
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Glasgow Scores… Not just for coma any more!
Quick post… NICE have recently published new guidance on Upper GI bleeding. It is surprisingly sensible. I was pleased with their position on PPI’s for upper GI bleeding (not before endoscopy…). The other point
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The Olympics and the ED physician
Managing sports and Olympics Olympic athletes in the emergency department. Should we treat them differently?
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Low risk chest pain? ADAPT my management?
The ADAPT chest pain risk stratification tool in the emergency department for the diagnosis of ACS acute coronary syndromes
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