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Archives for January 2013

Thromboelastography (TEG) and RoTEM for Trauma

January 30, 2013 by CrashMaster

 

Filed Under: 06. Trauma

ICU Management of Brain Tumor

January 13, 2013 by CrashMaster

acutely bring NA up to 150 until post-op with 3% infusion and 23.4% boluses. After op, continue 3% or 2% to maintain sodium within 10 of plateau, keep weaning slowly over 48 hrs post-op at which point can transition to NS   Steroids Decadron 10 mg continue 8-32 mg/day posterior fossa will need slow wean […]

Filed Under: neurology

Foreign Bodies: Ingested, Aspirated, and Inserted

January 5, 2013 by CrashMaster

(Ann Emerg Med 2016;66(6):570)   Use kidney stone forceps if you need to remove a foreign body with Glidescope (Resuscitation 84 (2013) e3– e4)

Filed Under: airway

Bronchoscopy

January 2, 2013 by CrashMaster

Bronchoscopy simulator online http://www.bronchoscopy.org/ for training and maybe even better http://www.thoracic-anesthesia.com/?page_id=2&langswitch_lang=en   need 2mm larger ET tube than diameter of scope, so 8mm tube to use adult size bronchoscope Anaesthesia 2012, 67, 1042–1056   Procedure from Practical Bronchoscopy Some bronchoscopists prefer to face the sitting or lying patient whilst others stand behind the head of […]

Filed Under: critical care procedures


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