Alpha-blockers Help Kidney Stones – Larger Meta-analysis
Pooling lots of studies, it looks like alpha blockers for larger kidney stones provide significant benefit with a low risk profile.
Pooling lots of studies, it looks like alpha blockers for larger kidney stones provide significant benefit with a low risk profile.
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A pause in compressions to give rescue breaths made no impact on survival to hospital discharge.
No one survives if they have out-of-hospital arrest not witnessed by EMS, non-shockable initial rhythm, and no ROSC before the third epinephrine dose.
Patients with sudden cardiac arrest often had symptoms of chest pain or dyspnea in the 24 hours prior to arrest.
For analgesia, there was no difference in 10mg, 15mg, and 30mg of IV ketorolac.
ultiple concussions in high school caused increased symptoms but did not lead to poorer cognitive outcome.
Physical rest after concussion appears to be unhelpful, even harmful, in children and young people after concussion.
Acutely dyspneic patients in the ED can be more accurately diagnosed by adding BNP to clinical judgment.
Based on this cadaver study, a 5cm catheter should be highly successful for needle decompression at either the 2nd intercostal space (ICS) mid-clavicular line or 5th ICS mid-axillary line.