Management of sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has had a number of other minor updates.
Resuscitation
Factors influencing initial IV fluid amounts in sepsis table
A table outlining the factors influencing the initial amount of IV fluids likely to be required in sepsis has been added to the Management of sepsis page.
Assessment of intravascular volume
The Assessment of intravascular volume page has had some minor updates.
Fluid management in sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has had a few minor updates in relation to fluid management.
Short QTc syndrome
The Sudden cardiac death page has been updated with a short segment on Short QTc syndrome.
Laryngospasm
The Procedural sedation page has been updated with a much expanded segment on laryngospasm.
TXA in major trauma
The Adjuncts to transfusion page has been updated in light of the release of the very important PATCH trial. Investigators, P. A.-T., the, A. C. T. G., Gruen, R. L., Mitra, B., Bernard, S. A., McArthur, C. J., Burns, B., Gantner, D. C., Maegele, M., Cameron, P. A., Dicker, B., Forbes, A. B., Hurford, S., … Read more
Ventilation post cardiac arrest
The Post arrest care page has been updated with some additional information about ventilation.Eastwood, G., Nichol, A. D., Hodgson, C., et al., . Investigators, T. S. (2023). Mild Hypercapnia or Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2214552
Video laryngoscopy
The Intubation equipment page has been updated with some additional information about video laryngoscopy following the publication of the trial: Prekker, M. E., Driver, B. E., Trent, S. A., et al., . . the Pragmatic Critical Care Research, G. (2023). Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. … Read more
Chronic pain therapy
The Chronic pain page has been updated with additional inforrmation about pharmacological management.
VT
The VT segment on the Ventricular tachyarrhythmias page has had a number of updates.
Platelet transfusion prior to invasive procedures
The Platelet transfusion and a few other pages have been updated with indications for platelet transfusion prior to invasive procedures.
CVC insertion
The CVC insertion technique page has had a number of minor updates.
Management of AF
The Management of AF page has had a number of minor additions and wording improvements.
US in cardiac arrest
The ALS page has been updated with some additional information about US in cardiac arrest.
Atrial fibrillation
The Atrial fibrillation page has had a number of minor additions and wording improvements.
First degree HB ECG
The Bradycardias page has been updated with a new ECG of first degree heart block.
Causes of heart block
The Bradycardias page has been updated with a considerably expanded segment on the causes of heart block.
Severe IHB in verapamil toxicity ECG
An ECG demonstrating an extremely prolonged PR interval due to verapamil toxicity has been added to the Calcium channel antagonists page.
Epsilon waves of AVC ECG
An ECG demonstrating the epsilon waves of AVC has been added to the Sudden cardiac death page.