Papers of October 2020

Bernhard showed a statistically significant difference in all cause mortality with regards to the lactate cut-off levels 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10 and >10 mmol/L?

Fuller looked at 148 consecutive adult patients presenting to the Emergency Department with a mild blunt head injury and found 3.4% of this cohort had an adverse outcome?

Jabre conducted a randomised control trial into how the the presence of family member during resuscitation in an out of hospital cardiac arrest affected the likelihood of PTSD?

Jabre demonstrated significant PTSD in 27% of the family presence group vs 37% of the control group?