Intraosseous Infusion

Neural Blockade

Neuromuscular blockade

Doubling the RAS Blockade: A Bad ALTITUDE

This F1000 commentary reports on the ALTITUDE study, which concluded that combination blockade of the RAS should not be used in people with diabetes and CKD. Faculty of 1000

Improving the efficacy of RAAS blockade in patients with chronic kidney disease

Blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is a standard treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Intensive strategies with single-agent or dual-agent RAAS blockade h...

Beta blockade aids select surgery patients

Research supports the use of perioperative beta blockade in patients with cardiovascular risk factors undergoing nonvascular procedures, finding this treatment to significantly improve short-term surv...

EMA Reviewing Dual RAS Blockade

The European Medicines Agency is now reviewing the safety of using dual renin-angiotensin system blockade in clinical practice because of concerns of hyperkalemia, low blood pressure, and kidney f...

Vidacare Corporation Creates New Medical Director of Clinical Affairs Position for Intraosseous Vascular Access Division

Vidacare Corporation has hired two prominent emergency physicians as Medical Directors of Clinical Affairs. These physicians are joining the newly formed Clinical Affairs D...

No Benefit to Dual RAS Blockade in Meta-Analysis

In fact, combined ACE-inhibitor and ARB therapy, given for a variety of disorders, was associated with increased risks of hyperkalemia, hypotension, and renal failure as well as drug withdrawal due to...

Cardiovascular endocrinology: Dual RAAS blockade has dual effects on outcome

Makani and colleagues report that dual blockade of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system is associated with harm despite previous studies showing that this approach decreases blood pressure and...

Argentine workers keep oil blockade in place

Renegade union workers refused to end their blockade of one of Argentina's largest oil and gas operations Tuesday, adding to the millions of dollars in lost profits and vandalism already suffered by...

Erratum: Variability in intraosseous pressure induced by saline flush of an intraosseous cannula by multiple practitioners.

Intraosseous samples can be used for opioid measurements - An experimental study in the anaesthetized pig.

Aim. The intraosseous route provides access to the systemic circulation in an emergency situation when other forms of vascular access are unavailable and there is an urgent need for fluid or drug ther...

Primary intraosseous cavernous hemangioma of the toe.

Intraosseous cavernous hemangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumor. A 21-year-old man presented with a small painless swelling of the left foot's long toe. X-ray examination showed an outgrowing b...

Intraosseous tophus deposits in the os trigonum.

High levels of uric acid cause accumulation of monosodium urate crystals. This formation of masses is called tophus. Intraosseous tophus deposits are rare, even for patients with gout. We report an un...

Use of intraosseus infusion in the German air rescue service : Nationwide analysis in the time period 2005 to 2009.

BACKGROUND: Intraosseous infusion has become established as a fast and safe alternative to conventional vascular access in emergency situations. Originally the use of intraosseous access was limited t...