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Nuggets | Emergency Medicine Podcasts (Web Archive 2019) www.heftemcast.co.uk ED Knowledge Nuggets are an informal educational tool set up by Jo Fellowes, an ACP at HEFT, aimed at all members of the emergency department with a focus … |
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Journal Club: Which Vasopressor Is Best in Septic Shock?
Which Vasopressor Is Best in Septic Shock?
The following article will require that you sign up to the Medscape site to view but it is a very quick registration process with just 6 items to fill in – well worth it…
Which Vasopressor Is Best in Septic Shock?. Medscape. Nov 28, 2016
Journal Club: Prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality in elderly ICU patients
An interesting study with outcomes in the Abstract:
Prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality in elderly ICU patients: a prospective, multicenter, observational study.
Intensive Care Med. 2014 May;40(5):674-82. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3253-4.
Scoring System Predicts Difficult Airways in Obese Patients
Anesthesiology News has an interesting article on a scoring system that can predict which obese patients will present a difficult airway.
ICMWK Top Guidelines
Intensive Care Medicine Working Knowledge Top Guidelines contains an number of useful ICM guidelines and algorithms.
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) complications
A step-by-step algorithm for dealing with patients that present with LVAD Complications can be found at Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Ventilation blog
Visit Jonathan Downham’s Ventilation blog at the Critical Care Practitioner website for a catalogue of articles on mechanical ventilation.
PINCER – Hot Topics Sept 2016
PINCER – Hot Topics Sept 2016
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FFICM: Rob Mac Sweeney’s Hot Topics Talk March 2016
Hot topics lecture given by Rob Mac Sweeney at the FFICM Preparation Course in London on March 9th 2016
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