Decompensated Liver disease in the ED
A review of Acute on Chronic Liver Disease (ACLD / decompensated liver disease) in the ED. How we can improve patient outcomes. #FOAMed @stemlyns
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Haematology
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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JC: The PATCH trial. TXA in major trauma
Critical Appraisal of the The PATCH trial of TXA Tranexamic Acid in major trauma patients. TXA saves lives, but functional outcomes vary.
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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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Suspected DVT: the 4D study
Do you want to halve your ultrasound referral rate for suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis? You do? How marvellous. Reducing referral rates from ED for a specialist test like vascular sonography
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JC: Thromboprophylaxis for the non ICU hospitalised COVID-19 patient. St Emlyn’s
Back in March we reported on a pre-print trial of thromboprophylaxis of ICU patients. The results suggested that there was no benefit for therapeutic dose anticoagulation in COVID19 as a prophylactic strategy for
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JC: Thromboprophylaxis on the ICU for COVID-19 patients. St Emlyn’s
The prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been a real concern in the management of hospitalised patients with COVID-19. We have previously discussed the role of prophylactic anticoagulation (thromboprophylaxis) for
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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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