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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
GlideScope VL Improves Success of Urgent Intubation by Critical Care Physicians

Authors: Silverberg MJ et al., Crit Care Med 2015 Mar 43:636 In a randomized study, first-attempt intubation success was nearly twice as high with GlideScope video laryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy in intensive care patients. Use of video laryngoscopy (VL) results in improved glottic views, fewer intubation attempts, and higher intubation success in both operating room and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Evidence in Support of Tourniquet Use in Major Limb Trauma

Authors: Kragh JF Jr et al., Ann Emerg Med 2015 Mar 65:290 Severely injured soldiers treated with prehospital tourniquets fared as well as those with less severe injuries not treated with tourniquets. For traumatic limb hemorrhage, tourniquet use is common sense. To quantify its benefit, investigators reviewed data from a registry of injured U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Does the “Golden Hour” After Injury Really Matter?

Authors: Das SK et al., Can J Anaesth 2015 Apr 62:413 In a meta-analysis, transtracheal ultrasound was highly sensitive and specific for detecting tracheal placement during emergency intubation. Transtracheal ultrasound verification of endotracheal intubation. Shows one air-mucosa interface with comet-tail artifact for tracheal intubation and two air-mucosa interfaces with comet-tail artifact or double-track sign for esophageal intubation. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Bedside Transtracheal Ultrasound Accurately Confirms Endotracheal Tube Placement

Authors: Das SK et al., Can J Anaesth 2015 Apr 62:413 In a meta-analysis, transtracheal ultrasound was highly sensitive and specific for detecting tracheal placement during emergency intubation. Transtracheal ultrasound verification of endotracheal intubation. Shows one air-mucosa interface with comet-tail artifact for tracheal intubation and two air-mucosa interfaces with comet-tail artifact or double-track sign for esophageal intubation. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Congress Pressures FDA to Finalize Opioid Guidance

This is some general information for our pain providers. Threatens to shift $20 million from agency if abuse-deterrent guidance isn’t settled by June. The FDA will publish its long-awaited guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids by the end of June, in order to avoid a $20 million cut in funds to the commissioner’s office threatened by Congress. […]

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