Introduction This is a very common scenario on the ICU. Hypertension and what to do about it...if anything? There's a cohort of diversity in front of you: the post-operative patient who had their anti-hypertensives stopped prior to surgery, but now has a blood pressure of 165/95mmHg the elderly patient with a list of comorbidities and an incidental persistently... Continue Reading →
via The BHAT: Propranolol after acute myocardial infarction [Classics Series] | 2 Minute Medicine Just thought I'd start to pick out some of these. If you haven't checked out 2 minute medicine's stuff, you should. This has to be a dead cert to double check on in any of your patients who have suffered a... Continue Reading →
via National survey and point prevalence study of sedation practice in UK critical care | Critical Care | Full Text Great article on a subject very close to all of our hearts. WHATS IT ALL ABOUT? This was a large survey, conducted from 2 points of view - a point prevalence spot check, as well... Continue Reading →
via Propofol Infusion Syndrome – ICM Case Summaries This is one to read!! I often wonder about this amongst our patients!! How many go awry, treated as MOF secondary to an unknown cause! Please have a read and thanks to ICM case summaries for this. This case highlights a number of points: Potential... Continue Reading →
Here is a very useful FOAM resource.....a good one for the iPhone out of hours! Anticoagulant Reversal Agents
Here's a link to an interesting paper from Oz on paracetamol usage in crit care! Food for thought.......á la statins... What was it looking for Did paracetamol influence outcome of ICU patients? Primary outcome, in-hospital mortality and secondary outcome, ICU mortality. Type Multicenter, retrospective observational study, 17,110 patients. Stats thorough with multi-variate analysis and good... Continue Reading →
