BETs and CAs in this Category

			The gag reflex is a poor discriminator for the need for intubation
			Lignocaine premedication before rapid sequence induction in head injuries
			The McCoy laryngoscope in suspected cervical spine fracture
			General anaesthesia or conscious sedation for reducing a dislocated hip prosthesis?
			Sevoflurane or halothane to induce patients with upper airways obstruction
			Gum elastic bougies in difficult intubation
			BURP and laryngoscopy
			Prehospital endotracheal intubation in adult major trauma patients with head injury
			Propofol for status epilepticus
			Endotracheal adrenaline in intubated patients with asthma
			Epinephrine self-injection for anaphylaxis in children
			Colourimetric CO2 detector versus capnography for confirming ET tube placement
			Diamorphine or morphine for ischaemic cardiac chest pain
			Sedation or general anaesthesia in paediatric dislocated elbows
			Difficult intubation, the bougie and the stylet
			Intubation of trauma patients without the use of drugs
			Atropine: Re-evaluating its use during pediatric RSI
			Etomidate for procedural sedation in the emergency department.
			Steroids post use of Etomidate for RSI in the ED
			Continuous subglottic suction is effective for prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia
			Adrenal suppression and use of etomidate as an induction agent in RSI's
			Should premedication be used for semi-urgent or elective intubation in neonates?
			Rapid sequence induction in the emergency department by emergency medicine personnel
			Does measuring the size of a patient's little finger reflect optimal size of nasopharyngeal airway?
			Do head elevation and neck flexion improve laryngeal view and the likelihood of successful intubation
			Central venous catheterisation - internal jugular or subclavian approach?
			Non-invasive ventilation in hypercapnic coma

Generic appraisals

Marinelli G, Chiappini B, Di Eusanio M et al.

Bypass Grafting with coronary endarterectomy: immediate and long-term results

Cohort

Puskas JD, Williams, Duke PG et al.

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury,transfusion requirements, and length of stay: a single blind RCT

Randomised control trial

Rebecca K. Fastle and Mark G. Roback.

Pediatric rapid sequence intubation: Incidence of reflex bradycardia and effects of pretreatment with atropine.

Cohort

Kirkpatrick AW

Hand-held Thoracic Sonography for Detecting Post-Traumatic Pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST)

Diagnosis

levitan RM

Limitations of difficult airway prediction in patients intubated in the emergency department.

Cohort

Baker R.C, Tiller T., Bausher J. et al

Severity of Disease correlated with fever reduction in febrile infants

Cohort