A summary of the evidence, discussion of some controversies and a decision matrix on whether or not to recommend...
Archive for month: September, 2016
Lead Poisoning In Nigeria
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Lead Poisoning, Nigeria, Toxicology, Zamfara, 0The story of the biggest lead poisoning outbreak in modern history and what might be learned from the response
Fighting Ebola in Guinea
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bush talk, ebola treatment centre, ebola virus disease, epidemic, Guinea, haemorrhagic fever, medical evacuation, 0Life as a doctor in an Ebola treatment centre in West Africa
Should we De-stress the Distressed?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical illness, organ failure, stress, stress modifiers, 0Multi-organ failure is a manifestation of decompensated stress; de-stressing should improve outcomes
Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Major Haemorrhage, paediatric, paediatric critical care, Traumatic Cardiac Arrest, 0Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest Summary by: Jon McCormack Recently published national guidelines and case series evidence supports a standardised...
Recent data has suggested that oxygen increases myocardial injury in patients with STEMI and may increase neurological injury after...
Does oxygen delivery matter?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, catecholamines, convection, diffusion, dobutamine, dogmalysis, Oxygen, 0The belief that pushing oxygen delivery with synthetic catecholamines is based on a physiological fallacy, fuelled by Bad Pharma
My opening talk at SMACCdub was on meditation: vipassana and stoic negative contemplation.
The magic of remote ischaemic preconditioning
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, acute myocardial infarction, Cardiac Surgery, ischaemic preconditioning, ischemic preconditioning, X remote ischemic preconditioning, 0All you need to know about the promise and current reality of remote ischaemic preconditioning for clinical practice.
How to do Prehospital Research
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Audit, Epidemiology, Evidence, HEMS, prehospital, Quality Improvement, Research, Resource-Effective, 0How can you build evidence by combining academic activity with pre-hospital critical care practice.