MSF Blog Surprise trauma Trauma basics Trauma skills Blunt trauma Penetrating trauma Evidence reviews Compendium Cardiology Infectious disease Paediatrics Neurology Pharmacology Toxicology/electrolytes Respiratory Best of FOAM Websites Journals Podcasts Ultrasound Anaesthetics French About A review of some of the latest low-resourcs emergency medicine evidence Implementing WHO guidelines for unwell newborns. Management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants where…
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Can we use non-sterile gloves for suturing?
MSF Blog Surprise trauma Trauma basics Trauma skills Blunt trauma Penetrating trauma Evidence reviews Compendium Cardiology Infectious disease Paediatrics Neurology Pharmacology Toxicology/electrolytes Respiratory Best of FOAM Websites Journals Podcasts Ultrasound Anaesthetics French About A review of some of the latest low-resourcs emergency medicine evidence Use of non-sterile gloves for suturing Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes…
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TWIL 1
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…
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Is shorter, lower dose amoxicillin safe in kids discharged with pneumonia in a UK setting?
MSF Blog Surprise trauma Trauma basics Trauma skills Blunt trauma Penetrating trauma Evidence reviews Compendium Cardiology Infectious disease Paediatrics Neurology Pharmacology Toxicology/electrolytes Respiratory Best of FOAM Websites Journals Podcasts Ultrasound Anaesthetics French About A review of some of the latest low-resources emergency medicine evidence Is shorter, lower dose amoxicillin safe in kids discharged with pneumonia in a UK setting? Effect…
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Duration of antibiotics in Kids with community pneumonia
MSF Blog Surprise trauma Trauma basics Trauma skills Blunt trauma Penetrating trauma Evidence reviews Compendium Cardiology Infectious disease Paediatrics Neurology Pharmacology Toxicology/electrolytes Respiratory Best of FOAM Websites Journals Podcasts Ultrasound Anaesthetics French About A review of some of the latest low-resources emergency medicine evidence Antibiotic duration for presumed pneumonia in children Amoxicillin for 3 or 5 Days for Chest-Indrawing Pneumonia…