JC: Vitamin SCepTiC?
We all love the idea of a magic bullet for sepsis. Despite having had our fingers burnt here before (like this time, and this time and […]
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Infectious Diseases
JC: Are we getting cosy on the septic SOFA? St.Emlyn’s
Identifying, treating and prognosticating patients who attend the Emergency Department with infective symptoms, is part of the bread and butter of an emergency physician’s practice. It’s important that we
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Holy Smokes! Batman, the SOFA and the Latest Sepsis Definitions
We can be a confused bunch when it comes to sepsis. Â We have seen definitions, debates and controversies as to how we treat and what we treat. Â Today a new
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Maestrini, Frank, Starling, Guyton…….and Fluids at St.Emlyn’s
Intravenous fluids are one of the most frequently implemented interventions that we, as doctors, prescribe. We give maintenance fluids (not so frequently in the ED) and we give resuscitation fluids.
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Lactate = LactHATE
Like many others who attended SMACC earlier this year I returned home dazed and confused about the significance of lactate in the septic patient. Â So like any good (aspiring
Sepsis 2015: EGDT without the “G”?
Sepsis has been a big topic of research over the years (understatement), and the last 18 months have seen the publication of data that has made us, once again,
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The ProMISe Study: EGDT RIP?
Today is another landmark in the history of sepsis research. The long awaited results of the ProMISe trial are finally published in the New England Journal of Medicine. At 56
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Save Yourself Earache – Antibiotics and Otitis Media in the ED
When I was a medical student a friend of mine completed a special study module in ENT which involved a case-based, evidence-based essay on a clinical topic of his choice.
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