All the stuff you wish you knew at 4 am…..
What are vasoelastic assays? How do I read them? What do I do? Is it ready for primetime? TEG VS ROTEM – the format wars. Whats the future like? Selected references: Effect of thromboelastography (TEG®) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) on diagnosis of coagulopathy, transfusion guidance and mortality in trauma: descriptive systematic review An assessment of […]
A play by play video of a scalpel finger bougie cric. As much as I’d like to take credit, original video was filmed by Reuben Strayer with patients consent. Simply mind blowing how much cognitive work goes into a surgical airway and the video is just an amazing example. Another good example can be […]
….or an argument against throwing the baby out with bathwater. Invariably we’ve all heard it on the podcasts, blogs and at the conferences. The reasons why we shouldn’t do panscans are all over the internet. From conspiracy theories that radiologists and hospital admins are doing it for the money to the argument that it dulls clinical […]