Things That Come Afterwards
The bit at the start is controlled. Mostly. The bit at the end is more at the mercy of other things. Dr Andrew Weatherall has a practical review on emergence delirium. […]
Pop … pop … phew – Sounds to Go With Blocks
So far there’s not a lot on regional techniques or nerve blocks lurking around the site. Seems like we should change that. Dr Andrew Weatherall with a little bit about a […]
Filling the Gap
Everyone’s got a theory about what to do in the CICO emergency. Unless the CICO situation is all about kids. Andrew Weatherall goes through a recent review on this arising from the […]
Lining It All Up
It’s been a while since a collected tips and tricks post. Previously we’ve had posts on cannulation, bag-mask technique and laryngoscopy. Time to get back to vessels and some odds and ends […]
Dexmedetomidine, reviews and the lost stories
Review articles offer the chance to put together the work of a lot of clever people to try and get better answers. But there are holes in the literature they […]
Sharing and Skinning Furry Things
If people giving anaesthetics are still using a bunch of different techniques, it’s fair to assume that all those options have their own pros and cons. You could argue that’s true for […]
The Opposite of What We Do
Almost everything we do is about efficiency. What about the patients whose version of efficiency is actually to be less efficient? Andrew Weatherall writes a thing here about kids whose […]
Rare Birds and First Principles
Ever noticed how things that are potentially scary often have the smallest evidence-base to help guide the clinician? Today’s example is congenital lobar emphysema, from Dr Andrew Weatherall Every day […]
How full can the balloon be?
Ultrasound. Is there anything it can’t do? Well, yes. Lots of things although gastric ultrasound is supposed to be one of the things it does do. Andrew Weatherall has a […]
Straight Talk about Blades and Kids
Some of the more popular posts on this site have been the ones where we vox pop paediatric anaesthetists for their top tips on a topic. The brief is easy: what are […]
Songs or Stories 