As an intern I remember poking poor pts every few hours for ABGs for DKA management. I’ve learned since then.. These guys have done a lovely observational study showing that a VBG is equally good for diagnosing a DKA as … Read More »
Cliff Reid has already mentioned this paper, but I’m just getting to it so here’s my thoughts. This is an RCT of clinically diagnosed APO (pulmonary oedema) in the field by “mobile ICUs” of France. They have the highest ranked … Read More »
I keep a little, ever-expanding note on my phone where I jot down little morsels of goodness that I pick up while listening to or reading one of the many excellent sites/podcasts in the useful resource section. I’ll try and … Read More »
This is a series of posts where I’m trying to transfer my anatomy lectures to a blog format, with emphasis on the clinically relevant points. Images are mainly from the 1918 Grays, freely available and out of copyright here. Forgive the … Read More »
The always excellent Emergency Medicine Literature of Note had a great post on stroke mimics and what happens when they get tPA. It was a study trying to say that only 1.4% of their tPA patients were stroke mimics but … Read More »