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TWIL 1

March 3, 2022

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.

 

 

 

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