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It’s ethically, morally and legally OK to not do CPR (sometimes.)

April 29, 2013by expensivecare 5 Comments

Intensivists and trainee intensivists of the world, brace yourselves.  You’re about to re-live a  telephone conversation that you have nightly and that makes your blood boil every time…. Ring, Ring… […]

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What is Palliative Care?

April 20, 2013by expensivecare 1 Comment

Leo Cullum, The New Yorker. I’m currently taking some time out of the hustle-bustle of the busy ICU to undertake a bit of an elective period in palliative medicine.  So […]

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Push dose vasopressor poll

April 7, 2013by expensivecare Leave a comment

After some recent heated discussions, I thought I’d ask you – the small slice of the critical care community who have a bit of interest in what I have to […]

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Induction agent poll – Results

April 6, 2013by expensivecare Leave a comment

A while back I asked you what drugs you use to induce anaesthesia in critically ill patients. Here are the results. You can see that about 1/4 of you are […]

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Facing Death

April 6, 2013by expensivecare Leave a comment

While I prepare my next post after a long absence, here’s a documentary from PBS that should be compulsory viewing for any clinician involved in critical care.  It examines the interface […]

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Is propofol really that bad?

January 20, 2013by expensivecare Leave a comment

I recently had a Facebook conversation with a colleague of mine, emergency medicine registrar Matthew Oliver about post intubation sedation with propofol and I thought it was was worth sharing […]

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Crisis. Check.

January 17, 2013by expensivecare 1 Comment

I’m a big fan of checklists, and I think they’re seriously under-utilised in medicine.  Anyone who’s had anything to do with aviation knows that pilots rely on checklists to ensure […]

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