Papers of September


Here’s a look at some of the papers that caught our eye this month.

We cover a paper looking at the potential benefits of ketofol over propofol for conscious sedation, the role of aggressive blood pressure reduction in haemorrhage stroke and finally a really interesting paper of PE thrombolysis in cardiac arrest.

This month our great sponsors ADPRAC our giving away a £50 iTunes voucher to spend on education/entertainment to support your work life balance! All you need to do is email through the answer to the following question;

With regards to this September 2016 Papers podcast and The PEA-PETT study, which of the following is correct;

A. The RCT shows a statistically significant benefit in PE thrombolysis intra arrest

B. The paper focussed on peri-arrest thrombolysis

C. The paper was a case series of PE’s thrombolysed during arrest

Send your answer via email to contacttheresusroom@gmail.com with your name, answer and iTunes email address, entries close on the 15th September and we’ll announce the winner in October’s podcast. 

Enjoy!

Don’t forget to take a look at the superb ICS State of the Art Conference 2016: Find out more here.

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References

Propofol or Ketofol for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Medicine-The POKER Study: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Ferguson I, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016.

Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage. Qureshi AI, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016

Pulseless electrical activity in pulmonary embolism treated with thrombolysis (from the “PEAPETT” study). Sharifi M. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun 30.

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