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2g or 1+1g TXA in traumatic brain injury?

St. Emlyn

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This article reviews a recent study on the use of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), focusing on prehospital care. The study, a subgroup analysis from the Prehospital TXA for TBI Trial, compared different TXA dosing regimens and found that a 2-g TXA bolus significantly reduced 28-day mortality compared to placebo.

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TRAIN – Transfusion Strategies in Acute Brain Injured Patients

The Bottom Line

Restrictive vs Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Brain Injury @fabio_taccone. JAMA. 2024. PMID: 39382241 Clinical Question In patients with acute brain injury, does a liberal, compared to a restrictive strategy of blood transfusion, improve neurological outcomes at 180 days?

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HR2025 – Pre- and Post-Courses #HR25

Thinking Critical Care

These are without a doubt some of the hidden gems of any boutique conference. At H&R we’ve always had a great time with these, time for instructors to pass on some really actionable, hands-on skills to a small group of really motivated clinicians. BJJ or Self-Defense for Humans & Health Care Workers – we feel that BJJ is a natural companion to medicine.

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AHA On Asymptomatic HTN | Discharged Severe HTN Outcomes

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 21-25, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : This article emphasizes the difference between hypertensive emergency and asymptomatic elevated blood pressure (BP). While hypertensive emergency requires prompt treatment to lower BP, treatment of asymptomatic elevated BP in acute care settings may be harmful.

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Technology in Health Care: Virtual Evening Rounds at Santa Cabrini ICU. #FOAMed, #FOAMcc

Thinking Critical Care

( version francaise ci-dessous ) At our hospital, typical of community hospital intensive care units that do not have an extensive structure of junior and senior trainees who generally staff the university hospitals after hours, medical coverage depends on collaboration between nurses and intensive care doctors as well as their emergency room colleagues.

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Pediatric Gender Medicine: Dispatches From a Deceptive Medical Field

Sensible Medicine

It is my pleasure to introduce this article by the intrepid reporter Benjamin Ryan. I learned of Mr. Ryan during the monkeypox outbreak, our empirical research found that he was the single most accurate source of information on Twitter/X. Now, he turns his attention to the third rail of American medicine— gender dysphoria and its treatment. This article is worth your time, and he is worth reading & following.