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Andy Patton
@andypattonirl.bsky.social
🇮🇪 EM Doc in Sydney
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⭐️Just published⭐️

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following resuscitative hysterotomy for out of hospital
cardiac arrest: A systematic review

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Maternal and neonatal outcomes following resuscitative hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review
To examine maternal and neonatal outcomes following Resuscitative Hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and to compare with timing fro…
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January 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The Association of Anaesthetists have published new guidelines on blood components & their alternatives!

Tranexamic acid has been proven to ⬇️ bleeding in most surgical settings.

But what dose of TXA should you use in different clinical contexts?

#AnSky #MedSky #HaemSky

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January 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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For his second talk at #LTC2024 Prof Demetri Yannopoulos focused on systems issues in the delivery of prehospital ECMO. I’ll highlight some of the key points below.
#ECMO #PHEM #PHCC #EMS #prehospital
#eCPR
December 5, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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Skytorial: pH management in DKA!

I've been following debates about this for a *long* time

(eg wrote this blog in 2016, which stands up pretty darn well: emcrit.org/pulmcrit/bic...)

after years of arguing, lemme break down my take on this 😁
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December 6, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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ALPACA - @cliffreid.bsky.social shares his cognitive forcing strategy for patients with refractory shock at @resuscitology.bsky.social #FOAMed #MedSky
November 20, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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your friendly neighborhood toxicologist here to tell you about “pink cocaine” ☠️🧵
November 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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#2. myoglobin shows up *faster* and may be detectable via urinalysis.

myoglobin will be (falsely) detected by the chemistry strip as “hemoglobin”

but cellular analysis won’t show erythrocytes

so “heme positive” urine with no erythrocyes suggests rhabdomyolysis
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November 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM