Category: Summaries

A category to collect all the summaries, so that they can be used in menus and widgets. Please don’t expand this – “Specialties” and “Special Topics” have been created as a custom category sets for the clinical topics.

POCUS: Batllori

In patients undergoing internal jugular cannulation under ultrasound guidance, does the use of an oblique compared to short- and long-axis approach increase success rate and decrease complications?

POCUS: Feissel

16 November 2016 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients with septic shock who are mechanically ventilated does indexed LV end-diastolic area and respiratory changes in aortic blood velocity predict the haemodynamic effects of volume expansion?

POCUS: Moretti

15 November 2016 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In mechanically ventilated patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), does the distensibility of IVC on ultrasound, predict fluid responsiveness measured by thermodilution?

POCUS: Lichtenstein

14 November 2016 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients with acute respiratory failure can bedside ultrasound, compared to standard diagnostic methods, provide an accurate diagnosis?

Foulds

11 November 2016 Joe Schrieber Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In patients with cervical immobilisation, does the Mcgrath® videolaryngoscope compared to the Macintosh laryngoscope provide a better view of the larynx?

Koo

4 November 2016 Peter Szedlak Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy, does deep neuromuscular blockade permit the use of low-pressure pneumoperitoneum?

Patel

28 October 2016 Tom Pratt Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), does the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) delivered by helmet compared to NIV delivered by face mask reduce the need for intubation?