Steroids for Kawasaki disease
15 May
Apparently this is a very uncommon disease – only 40 cases a year in the UK. I think I’ve seen it once when I was doing my stint in paeds. I remember the kid getting IVIg and aspirin and I’m … Read More »
Category Archives: critical appraisal
iPad for radiology reads. WARNING – NO FREE IPAD/VIRUS WITH THIS LINK….!
12 May
[I can imagine hits on this post being higher than usual simply because of use of the word iPad…] For all I know this may well be something that’s already being done somewhere in the country but it’s a neat … Read More »
Does an anterior STEMI rule out dissection?
15 Apr
Well… errr… no. Sorry about that. Mea culpa. I was idly fulfilling my Irish stereotype planting potatoes in the back garden (seriously…) while listening to an old EM:RAP and listening to a discussion of cath lab activations and STEMI and … Read More »
As if you’ve not heard enough on this IM midaz v IV loraz paper…
28 Mar
Ryan Radecki and Cliff Reid have both already posted this but here’s my two cent Silbergleit R, Durkalski V, Lowenstein D, Conwit R, Pancioli A, Palesch Y, et al. Intramuscular versus intravenous therapy for prehospital status epilepticus. N Engl J … Read More »
Tenectaplase for stroke
25 Mar
Parsons M, Spratt N, Bivard A, Campbell B, Chung K, Miteff F, et al. A randomized trial of tenecteplase versus alteplase for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar. 22;366(12):1099–1107. PMID 22435369 See Ryan’s review of this paper published … Read More »