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Transfusion in upper GI haemorrhage

VAP treatment – go short or long with antibiotics?

Colloids best in hypovolaemic shock?

  • January 22, 2014


colloids

The CRISTAL study, out last month shows a potential mortality benefit for colloids in hypovolaemic shock. Will you stop your ban on fluids?

FOAMcc search (ICM/EM sites)

RSS feed: LITFL LITFL

RSS feed: Wessex ICS BottomLine Wessex ICS BottomLine

  • LOGICAL – Conservative Oxygen after Cardiac Arrest July 25, 2026
  • Emergency Evidence Updates – June 2026 July 25, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – June 2026 July 25, 2026
  • Sodium Bicarbonate for Metabolic Acidosis in the Intensive Care Unit (SODa-BIC) trial June 29, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – March 2026 June 26, 2026

RSS feed: Pulmccm Pulmccm

RSS feed: St Emlyns St Emlyns

  • RCEM Manchester 2027: Come and join us
  • Communication Series – Listening.
  • Ghost jams and the seams between the Model UEC papers
  • JC: Peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse in critically ill patients.
  • Does Sodium bicarbonate improve outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest?

RSS feed: Resus.me Resus.me

  • Contaminated Airways and the Three Trajectories
  • Resuscitation Wizardry: Making Things Happen Two Day Event
  • Resuscitation Concepts: Critical Care in the Emergency Department – ONE DAY EVENT
  • How far can exponential spread of coronavirus go?
  • Blow Them Away in Resus

RSS feed: Emcrit Emcrit

  • The Case of the Neutral Documents Part 2 August 18, 2026
  • The Case of the Redacted Ledger August 12, 2026
  • EMCrit 431 – OB-EMCrit – Life-Threatening Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH) with Cho Espinoza August 7, 2026
  • A Slow Retreat August 7, 2026
  • PulmCrit Wee: Four reasons that hyperangulated videolaryngoscopy should be the mainstay of ICU intubations August 5, 2026

RSS feed: Medscape critical care Medscape critical care

  • Deep Dive: Same HFrEF Data Drives Differing Guidance: Which Is Correct?
  • Aug 21 2026 This Week in Cardiology
  • NHS 10-Year Plan Risks ‘Patient Harm at Unprecedented Scale’
  • Born Too Late? Young Doctors Speak Out on the ‘Golden Age’
  • 10 Gynecologic Emergencies: When and How to Manage Them

RSS feed: Thinking Critical Care Thinking Critical Care

  • Time to Question the Primordiality of Oxygen??? A teaser of Dr. Paul Marino at #HR2026.
  • Surviving the Surviving Sepsis 2026 Guidelines: Understanding MAP with Rory, Phil and the one and only Korbin. #FOAMed #SSG #Sepsis #MAP
  • HR2026 – Fondations Physiologiques au Chevet: Choc et de Insuffisance Respiratoire, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal 17-18 Septembre 2026.
  • Critical Care Physician Needed!
  • FOUNDATIONS REIMAGINED – Physiology at the BEDSIDE! #HR26 September 16-19, 2026!

RSS feed: Critical Care Now Critical Care Now

RSS feed: Critical Care Northampton Critical Care Northampton

  • CCN-BOB – Feb 2026 (1)
  • I’ve been Slimed! – Ultrasound Insights
  • Best #FOAMed Finds Jan 2026!
  • SIGH35 vs EEOT: Fluid Responsiveness in ICU Patients
  • The POCUS Textbook – Dr Larry Istrail

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This site is largely a collection of links to guidelines, decent papers, and others' good work. Suggest more - email me, or leave a comment on this page.
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Justin Mandeville
Consultant intensivist/anaesthetist
Bucks Hospitals, UK

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