by Richard Hoang | Aug 29, 2019 | Airway, Featured, Toxicology, Trauma
Patients with both burn and inhalation injuries have significantly increased morbidity and mortality compared to those with just burn injuries alone, as there are multiple toxic industrial chemicals that act on the respiratory tract. In this post, we review...
by Richard Hoang | Aug 22, 2019 | Critical Care, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Pre-Hospital, Trauma
Blast injuries resulting from explosions have the capacity to cause life-threatening multisystem injuries in multiple victims simultaneously. The biggest potential challenge in managing blast injuries is the creation of large numbers of simultaneous critically ill...
by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 19, 2019 | Journal Club, OBGYN, Thrombosis
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5 /5 van der Pol LM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 21;380(12):1139-1149 Question and Methods: Using a prospective cohort study of 510 pregnant women, the authors were trying to see whether an algorithm...
by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 12, 2019 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Prins HJ, et al. Eur Respir J. 2019 May 23;53(5). Question and Methods: The CATCH Study was a multicentre, randomised, controlled open intervention clinical trial comparing CRP guided antibiotics for...
by Richard Hoang | Aug 8, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Procedural care, Trauma
Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy (ERT) is a potentially lifesaving intervention. It is a true salvage procedure, without which survival is essentially zero, even in indicated scenarios. After reading this post, you’ll be slightly more comfortable should you...