September 6, 2026
Post-cardiotomy collapse needs a different algorithm
After cardiac surgery, invasive data and procedure-specific responses can matter more than a generic arrest algorithm.
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August 23, 2026
Does oseltamivir help severe influenza?
A concerning mortality signal makes routine antiviral prescribing harder to justify in critical illness.
Read briefingAugust 18, 2026
Pulse oximetry and opioid treatment decisions
Check signal quality before escalating oxygen, and preserve maintenance treatment during acute pain.
Read briefingAugust 15, 2026
Infantile epilepsy, trauma ECMO and safer simulation debriefing
Classifying infantile epilepsy before treatment, trauma ECMO and simulation.
Read briefingAugust 10, 2026
ARDS escalation, IgA vasculitis, adult ADHD and safer ECMO systems
ARDS recognition and lung-protective, ECMO systems, paediatric IgA vasculitis follow-up and more.
Read briefingAugust 6, 2026
Fatigue-aware teamwork, levodopa variability and barriers to prevention
Fatigue-aware team safety, sex-related variation in levodopa exposure, and why prevention plans work better when clinicians identify practical barriers and explain artificial intelligence use transparently.
Read briefingAugust 1, 2026
Sepsis reassessment, necrotising soft tissue infection and post-arrest oxygen
Repeated sepsis reassessment, esuspected necrotising infection and oxygen titration after arrest
Read briefingJuly 29, 2026
Faltering weight, severe anaemia, ventilator secretions and hypertension prescribing
Faltering weight and profound chronic anaemia lead today’s clinical learning
Read briefingJuly 28, 2026
ARDS ventilation, pembrolizumab toxicity, chronic anaemia and PMDD
A busy day with ten epsiodes including lung-protective ARDS care and delayed checkpoint-inhibitor toxicity.
Read briefingJuly 22, 2026
Sepsis resuscitation, paediatric ECG red flags and prolonged watery diarrhoea
Individualised septic-shock resuscitation and age-specific paediatric ECG interpretation
Read briefingJuly 21, 2026
Awake intubation, resuscitative thoracotomy, legal woes and kratom withdrawal
Physiology-led awake intubation and thoracotomy selection shape the acute learning, with ctDNA surveillance, kratom withdrawal and lipid-risk assessment
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Preschool wheeze stewardship, prehospital pharmacology and post-ICU recovery
Mechanism-led emergency medication use, antibiotic restraint in preschool wheeze and structured recovery after trauma intensive care.
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