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Under the pump - family and resuscitation

Todd Fraser on 15-03-2013

Neil recently added an interesting paper to the journal club - Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. This paper, appearing in the NEJM this month, provokes...

Evidence Shmevidence

Todd Fraser on 08-03-2013

Categories: Controversies in ICU

So it seems I started a bit of a firestorm this week.

I posted the results of the new OSCILLATE and ...

Critical Care Clinics - do you have one?

Todd Fraser on 23-02-2013

Categories: Controversies in ICU

The long term outcomes of ICU patients has gained increasing interest over the last decade. As mortality in ICU falls worldwide, the impact of therapeutic interventions ha...

Not a drop to spare - Jehovah's witnesses in the ICU

Todd Fraser on 29-01-2013

Categories: Controversies in ICU

I was sent details of an interesting case that captured my attention recently.

It was a 70 year old man who was a life-long Jehovah's Witness, who had clear...

Weaning from the ventilator

Todd Fraser on 29-12-2012

Categories: Controversies in ICU

It seems that when it comes to weaning long-term patients from a ventilator, there are as many theories on how to do it as there are intensivists. And probably more.

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