The scale of need, wide burden of disease, and complex systems challenges can at times be overwhelming in the...
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Why Driving Pressure Matters
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Acute Respiratory Distress Injury, Acute Respiratory Failure, Lung Injury, Mechanical Ventilation, 0Driving pressure promises to be the key variable for optimisation of mechanical ventilation for preventing ventilator-induced lung injury. Find...
The Clinician Advocate: How Evidence and Anecdote Produce Change
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Advocate, Alcohol, clinician, Emergency Departments, public health, 0Emergency departments are at the forefront of dealing with the harmful effects of alcohol consumption. ED alcohol-related presentation data...
Trending Towards Togetherness
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Africa, emergency care, emergency medicine, LMICS, LOW RESOURCE, RESOURCE LIMITED, 0Over 85% of the world’s population live in Low and Middle Income countries. Health statistics in these countries are...
Righting the Wrongs of Research
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Bayesian adaptive trials, big data, critical care, critical care research, ICU research, randomised controlled trials, research methods, response adaptive randomization, 0Mortality measured at a particular time point (landmark mortality) is often regarded as the gold standard outcome for randomised...
NeuroImaging Nibble Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, NeuroImaging, Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis, 0Neuro Imaging Nibble: Subtle Sinus Venous Thrombosis by Brandon Foreman
Diagnosing a wake-up stroke (look to the future) – imaging, implications on treatment
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, DasSMACC, wake up stroke, 0Diagnosing a wake-up stroke by Fernanda Bellolio
Endocarditis will also f&*k you up
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, ENDOCARDITIS BLOOD CULTURES, 0Endocarditis has been on the back burner for a while now. It is a disease that is evolving as...
Peter Brindley interrogates: Reuben Strayer
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, bellomo, brindley, crowe, interrogates, machado, strayer, weingart, 0A no-holes barred series of 6 provocative medical interrogations. We challenge the state of research, social media, pharmacology, social...
Diagnosing critical neuromuscular disease – physical exam findings, ancillary tests
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Neurology; Resuscitation; Emergency Medicine; Neuromuscular; Respiratory Failure; Physical Exam; Neurocritical Care, 0Neuromuscular diseases are common and include chronic autoimmune disorders such as myasthenia gravis, acute demyelinating disorders like Guillain Barre,...