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Targeted Temperature Management in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Don't Forget the Bubbles

About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care. We are the trainee arm of the Paediatric Critical Care Society – Study Group (PCCS-SG) and work with them on research, audit and service evaluation. What do the guidelines recommend?

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Balanced solutions: better than saline, but which balanced solution?

PulmCCM

Balanced crystalloids are considered to be probably superior to normal saline as a resuscitation fluid in critically ill patients. Based on their similarities, you might expect no differences in outcomes between patients resuscitated with LR or Normosol-R. Buffering capacity (i.e., The strong ion difference of plasma is about 40 mEq/L.

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JC: Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage

St. Emlyn

In 2023, Dr Zaf Qasim reviewed the UK REBOA trial for us on St Emlyn’s (The UK-REBOA trial – Has the […] The post JC: Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Artificial Platelets Under Development!

The Trauma Pro

Early in a resuscitation, we focus on identifying potential sources. Researchers have been trying to develop artificial blood substitutes for decades. Uncontrolled bleeding is the bane of trauma professionals everywhere. We’ve developed numerous techniques for plugging them up. Unfortunately, blood products are a perishable item.

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Cerebral Edema and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Rebaked

Pediatric EM Morsels

Kendra Jackson and Rebecca Raffler While we’ve gotten to snack on a Morsel on this subject before , new guidelines and research surrounding DKA and cerebral edema have come to light since the first go ‘round! The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Commitee. Authors: Drs. Lesson = treat early! 2002 Dec;141(6):793-7.

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Sepsis Screening Decreases Mortality. Well, not really.

Sensible Medicine

I’ve also been attracted to the research because too often I see systems interventions adopted without data. Instead of just instituting the screening, the researchers did a cluster randomization wherein the alert was sequentially adopted. Maybe because of my skepticism, I’ve found studies of sepsis screening interesting.

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Improving the qualities of ventilations during CPR

Emergency Live

The ventilation maneuver during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a complex intervention influenced by various factors related to the patient, the operator, and the environment.

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