CRYOSTAT-2 @ St Emlyns
Prof. Dan Horner @ExRCEMProf critically appraises the CRYOSTAT-2 trial. Does early CRYOPRECIPITATE work in major trauma?
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The PATCH trial. TXA in major trauma
Critical Appraisal of the The PATCH trial of TXA Tranexamic Acid in major trauma patients.
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More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s
This week we have a nice paper that highlights some of the ongoing thoughts and controversies about the use of calcium in major haemorrhage protocols. Hopefully you’ve already read Iain’s
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JC: Early plasma use in traumatic brain injury. St Emlyn’s
There seems to be a lot of really interesting papers on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) this year. A welcome relief from COVID 19 perhaps but also a reminder that other
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JC: Blood Products in Trauma – What’s the Best (I)TACTIC?
Bleeding trauma patients present a couple of challenges to us in the Emergency Department. Increasingly, our aging population continues to engage in energetic daily pursuits while increasing numbers are prescribed
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New NICE Guidelines on diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism
In the midst of everything that is going on with COVID-19, it is easy to see how important non-coronavirus stuff can get overlooked. But we still need to keep our
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COVID-19 and Blood Clots: Diagnosis, D-dimers and Dilemmas
In a future post I’ll discuss the latest NICE guidance​1​ on the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism. When writing that though I knew that for many of you COVID-19
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Tranexamic acid needs a make over
Tranexamic acid and CRASH-2 I was listening to the EMCRIT podcast today. As usual, it was absolutely excellent, but on this occasion, it was especially superb as Scott Weingart was
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