Another month and another edition of the articles of the month. However, this time I have some very exciting news. I have teamed up with Casey Parker (the brilliant, smooth-talking Australian physician, not the adult film star) to produce an audio version of these summaries. You will be able to […]
Evidence Based Medicine
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A monthly summary and brief critical appraisal of the best emergency medicine literature I have encountered
One of the major headlines that accompanied sepsis 3 last week was that SIRS misses 1 out of 8 patients with sepsis in the ICU. This fact was touted as a major reason to abandon SIRS in favour of SOFA. I think it is worthwhile taking a closer look at […]
There are new sepsis definitions! Hurrah? Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 315(8):801-10. 2016. PMID: 26903338 [free full text] There are new sepsis guidelines. I guess that warrants headline news, and there has been a lot of excitement […]
