LITFL Review 269

Welcome to the 269th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Rinaldo Bellomo delivers a mind-blowing talk on glycaemic control in the critically ill. A must listen. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Can we use the d-dimer to rule out aortic dissection? First10EM + EMCases feature a deep dive into the literature on the topic in both blog + podcast form. [AS] Glucagon for oesophageal food bolus?  Ken Milne and Meghan Groth team up to review this great paper in another victory for EBM and another nail in the coffin of this emetogenic therapy. [CC] Are you looking after the big sick neuro trauma patients in your shop?  Then this is a must read from EMDOCS. [CC] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care How does methylene blue compare against vasopressin in Sepsis? The Bottom line take a look at a study looking at exactly that. [SO] Jonathan Downham and Gavin Denton, both Advanced Critical Care Practitioners from the UK, break down 3 recent critical care papers (MACMAN, intubation in cardiac arrest, and low tidal volume ventilation in the UK) in their new podcast. Look out for more! [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Resuscitation The Sick and the Dead. Chris Hick...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs