Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters Q. Low dose Perindopril…whats the point? RAS inhibitors’ dose-dependent efficacy: myth or reality?[Curr Med Res Opin. 2015] Perindopril is the only ACE inhibitor to show a real dose-response curve for BP decrease. While the effectiveness of RAS blockers on target organ damage is dose...

Patient Orientated Evidence that Matters Do I need to wake up my Anaesthetist to perform a procedural sedation? Intra-articular lignocaine (IAL) versus intravenous analgesia with or without sedation (IVAS) for manual reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocation in adults. First published: 13 April 2011 Authors Conclusions: We observed no...

Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters Benzo’s for Back pain? Diazepam Is No Better Than Placebo When Added to Naproxen for Acute Low Back Pain Among ED patients with acute, nontraumatic, nonradicular low back pain, naproxen+diazepam did not improve functional outcomes or pain compared with naproxen+placebo 1 week and 3...

…further attempts at resuscitation were futile. Debriefing is a dialogue between two or more people pertaining to the actions and thought processes involved in a particular patient care situation. Educational research strongly supports debriefing as an effective mechanism for promoting adult learning and enhancing skills and team performance....