Sensitivity of computed tomography performed within six hours of onset of headache for diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage: prospective cohort study BMJ 2011;343:d4277

25 Aug

Perry JJ, Stiell IG et al Sensitivity of computed tomography performed within six hours of onset of headache for diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2011 Jul.;343(jul18 1):d4277–d4277. PMCID 21768192 This paper has rightly received a lot of attention … Read More »

Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial Lancet 2011; 378: 41–48

21 Aug

Aujesky D et al. Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Lancet 2011 Jul.;378(9785):41–48. PMID 21703676 Most of you are probably treating PEs as out patients, we’ve been doing it for years … Read More »

Defining the Limits of Resuscitative Emergency Department Thoracotomy: A Contemporary Western Trauma Association Perspective J Trauma. 2011;70:334 –339

17 Aug

Moore EE et al Defining the Limits of Resuscitative Emergency Department Thoracotomy: A Contemporary Western Trauma Association Perspective. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2011 Feb.;70(2):334–339. PMID 21307731 We don’t get much penetrating trauma in Ireland (though it’s … Read More »