Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 087

Welcome to the 87th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature. This edition contains 6 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Soren Rudolph, Anand Swaminathan and, of course, Chris Nickson. Find more R&R in the Fastlane reviews in the R&R Archive, read more about the R&R project or check out the full list of R&R contributors This Edition’s R&R Hall of Famer Trauma Chakraverty S et al. CIRSE Guidelines: Quality Improvement Guidelines for Endovascular Treatment of Traumatic Hemorrhage. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2012; 35: 472–482. PMID 22271075 I once heard a lecture where Professor Ken Boffard, SA stated ” There are 14 clotting factors….13 intrinsic and the surgeons finger!”. Here is the 15th clotting factor – the interventional radiologist. This guideline outlines the place of interventional radiology (IR) in trauma management as a complementary technique to damage control surgery and indicates how imaging and IR can be used in the context of hemorrhage in the severely injured patient, and when embolization, stent grafting, or balloon occlusion of vascular, solid organ and pelvic injury is a...
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