The August 2024 podcast round-up explores the timing of critical procedures, smoking cessation in the ED, intranasal ketorolac for renal colic and open peer review. The discussion connects these posts with questions about clinical judgement, resources and how we assess evidence.
August 2024 Round-Up – Goldilocks Moments, Nasal Analgesia, and Public Health in the ED Read More
A collection of evidence, guidelines and resources accompanying Dan Horner’s 2023 RCEM CPD talk on the physiologically difficult airway. Links cover cardiovascular collapse, hypoxaemia, ultrasound, checklists and improving emergency airway care outside the operating room.
The Physiologically Difficult Airway Read More
Iain and Simon’s January 2021 round-up brings together clinical evidence, education and staff wellbeing. The linked notes include Ludwig’s angina, oxygen targets, moral injury, self-leadership and the evolving evidence on COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.
Podcast – January 2021 Monthly Round Up Read More
Dan Horner reviews the 2020 NICE guidance on diagnosing and managing venous thromboembolism. The article discusses PERC, age-adjusted D-dimer, outpatient pulmonary embolism care and anticoagulant choices, including cancer-associated VTE, with attention to patient selection, bleeding risk and questions outside the guideline’s scope.
New NICE Guidelines on diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism Read More
Casey Parker joins the 21 April 2020 COVID-19 journal club, with a recording, podcast and reading list. The papers cover hydroxychloroquine, antibody prevalence, virology, protection in camp settings, myocarditis and chest CT, capturing questions being debated during the pandemic’s first months.
COVID-19: Journal Club #2 – The Webinar Read More
An April 2020 critical appraisal of early reports linking COVID-19 with thrombosis and raised D-dimer. Dan Horner questions incidence estimates, composite outcomes and claims about heparin, explaining why observational associations alone could not settle the benefits and harms of intensified anticoagulation.
COVID-19 and Blood Clots: Diagnosis, D-dimers and Dilemmas Read More
An extended April 2020 COVID-19 journal club collection, combining the first webinar with ten additional paper reviews. Topics include children, antibody testing, intensive care outcomes, prediction models and thrombosis, with attention to bias, small samples and the limits of early observations.
Covid-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #1. St Emlyn’s Read More
Writing in April 2020, Simon Carley argues for evidence-based medicine despite the pressure to try unproven COVID-19 treatments. He examines the weaknesses of uncontrolled reports and explains how coordinated UK research, including RECOVERY, offered a route to more reliable answers.
