This week I learnt . . .
Antibiotics are no longer indicated for simple diverticulitis (NICE guidelienes from 2019), This is based on a bang up to date RCT from 2012.
In major trauma, a high glucose(>11) is associated with mortality. (But not as much as age and hyperthermia).
Emergency doctors and patients disagree about the presenting complaint about a third of the time.
It probably makes not difference if you use Normal saline or hartmann’s/plasmaltye.