@lpbentsen
MD, PhD-Fellow in Emergency Medicine | Research | Simulation | Critical Care | Emergency Medicine | PHEM | Shock | Fluid Therapy | Team Leadership | POCUS Coordinating Investigator for the #VASOSHOCK trial.
We just included our 80th patient (of 320) in #VASOSHOCK a multi-center RCT comparing noradrenaline to standard care (Where noradrenaline is not available as an ED intervention) in patients with hypotension and shock.
#emergencymedicine #criticalcare #research
Time to celebrate!
Lasse P Bentsen has reached the first 80 (out of 320) patients in his #VasoShock trial.
#VasoShock is an RCT comparing early noradrenalin in the ED in hypotensive patients vs. standard care.
Huge congratulations!
#emergencymedicine #research
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Especielly when qSOFA was never made as a sepsis diagnosis criteria, but a mortality risk assessment. That's widely different applications and people still use it as a "sepsis or not" tool.
Also, they do mention investigating lung-sliding, and if not, M-mode for barcode and stratosphere sign were used. Why not assessment for B-lines and lung pulse? Long point is not mentioned?
I don't have access to their previous publication on their protocols, sadly.
Intersting findings. I agree, PTX diagnosis by LUS/FLUS can be difficult and easily missed it if not careful.
In our setting, using sonographers are not usual for these kind of investigations. Especielly LUS/FLUS is primarily done by EM, IM (Pulm) and ICU staff, not radiology.