In the current issue of JAMA, published October 12, Carson et el have updated red blood cell (RBC) transfusion guidelines by AABB (American Association of Blood Banks). Based on review of 31 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) performed in a variety of different clinical settings involving more than 12 587 patients. Main recommendations Transfusion not indicated … Read more
Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things. Julian Baggini WHATS NEW Pantoprazole or Placebo for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis (POP-UP Study) In this randomized Double-Blind Exploratory Study by Selvanderan et el 214 patients were randomized to pantoprazole … Read more
Targeted temperature management (TTM, therapeutic hypothermia) after cardiac arrest first came to use in clinical setting since the publication of two landmark articles in 2002. Evidence was mainly for out of hsopital cardiac arrest patients. Recently, it was noted that there was no difference in outcome between temperatures of 33 and 36 Celsius. However, based … Read more
Latest AHA guidelines about adult CPR emphasize on high quality chest compression, currently at the rate of 100 to 120 per minute. In a prospective observational study, Kilgannon JH et al demonstrated that chest compression rate of 121–140 compressions/min had the highest odds ratio of ROSC. What they did 222 consecutive patients were enrolled in study, found … Read more