RENOVATE Trial: HFNC vs BPAP in ARF
📊 Did HFNC match BPAP in 5 respiratory failure subgroups?
✅ Non-inferior in 4/5
🧪 Bayesian dynamic borrowing = statistical edge
🚫 Futility in immunocompromised patients
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❄️ Winter is coming… and so are the pneumonia admits.
CURB-65, PSI/PORT, SMART-COP.
One guides admit vs discharge, another predicts mortality, and one spots who’s about to crash
New on @REBEL_EM 👉 https://t.co/rNQ1FFXGNE
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Si das dexametasona a TODOS los edemas cerebrales… te vas a meter en problemas 😅
🔥 Vasogénico → corticoide
💧 Citotóxico → manitol
🧂 Citotóxico por hiponatremia → salina 3%
La clave no es el fármaco… es identificar el tipo de edema.
Which of the following antiarrhythmic drugs is most strongly associated with QT prolongation and risk of torsades de pointes?
A. Lidocaine
B. Amiodarone
C. Procainamide
D. Adenosine
Verapamil is contraindicated in VT because:
A) It causes bronchospasm
B) It increases myocardial oxygen demand
C) It slows AV nodal conduction without affecting ventricular focus
D) It stimulates sympathetic activity
An ECG shows ST elevation in precordial leads with a “smiley-shaped” upward concavity and no reciprocal ST depression. Which condition is most consistent with these findings?
A) Brugada Syndrome
B) Hyperacute MI
C) Benign Early Repolarisation
D) Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Your night shift starts with a 53-year-old diaphoretic male presenting with chest pain radiating to the left shoulder...
Is there anything concerning about this "Normal #ECG"? 🤔