Resuscitation
Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage.
The 2022 Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage have just been released by the American Heart Association and...
Does Fluid Restriction in Septic Shock result in Better Outcomes?
Literature Review: Restriction of Intravenous Fluids in ICU Patients with Septic Shock. NEJM 386;26. June 30,2022 pp2459-2470. In...
Cardioversion in Pregnancy: Is it Safe?
Is cardioversion safe in the pregnant patient? A CASE A 24 yo female patient presents with palpitations and...
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
A 50 male patient is brought to your emergency department by ambulance post cardiac arrest. He has an...
Resuscitation Literature Review October 2019
This week, I wanted to quickly review some of the latest resuscitation literature. Let's look at 3 studies....
Double Sequential External Defibrillation
Double Sequential External Defibrillation(DSED) is a means of administering sequential shocks to terminate shock resistant ventricular fibrillation. It...
Phenytoin and Levetiracetam: EcLIPSE and ConSEPT trials
There has been a longstanding discussion over which is the best second-line agent to use in paediatric seizures...
Capnography
Understanding capnography and being able to decipher the waveforms, can give us critical information on a patient’s condition, early....
Should we bring Bretylium back in cardiac arrest?
Following a brief presentation at EMCore Hong Kong in April of this year, that challenged our thinking, I...