Journal Club Article: Birenbaum, A., Hajage, D., Roche, S., Ntouba, A., Eurin, M., Cuvillon, P., … & Menut, R. (2018). Effect of Cricoid Pressure Compared With a Sham Procedure in the Rapid Sequence Induction of Anesthesia: The IRIS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surgery. Background: Cricoid pressure or Sellick’s maneuver (first described by Dr. Sellick in the 1960’s) aims…
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Monitor Like a Pro: Continuous ST segment monitoring
Time is Muscle Delivering continuous ST-segment monitoring for those at risk of myocardial infarction can provide a dynamic approach to cardiac monitoring, picking up changes in the ST-segment. This can supplement the continuous bedside ecg monitoring, static 12 lead ecg and monitoring the trend of cardiac enzymes such as Troponin’s, CK, CK-MB. This is not new…
Read MoreDelirium in the ICU
What is Delirium? “Disturbance in attention (i.e., reduced ability to direct, focus, sustain, and shift attention) and awareness (reduced orientation to the environment). The disturbance develops over a short period of time (usually hours to a few days), represents an acute change from baseline attention and awareness, and tends to fluctuate in severity during the course of a day.…
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