The FLORALI Trial
The FLORALI Trial Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) has been shown to decrease the work…
Dr Peter Kas12/03/2026
New AHA PE Guidelines 2026
The new Clinical Practice Guidelines by the AHA on the Evaluation and Management of Acute…
Steroids in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Do steroids decrease mortality in patients with severe community acquired pneumonia? Community acquired pneumonia is…
Dr Peter Kas14/02/2024
Pulmonary Embolism
CASE A 64 yo patient is referred to the emergency department(ED) with a persistent tachycardia.…
Dr Peter Kas27/10/2023
Why is the CO2 so high?
A 29 yo female presents with tachycardia and shortness of breath and some pleuritic chest…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of DVT and PE
This is a review of the updated guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of DVT and…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Let’s MacGyver some equipment for COVID-19
We all remember MacGyver. He'd had a toothpick and a piece of thread and voila,…
Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
How to Read the CTPA
CTPA's are sometimes quite confusing to read. A simple approach, based on differentiating the anatomy…
Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
5 Things to Think About in a Wheezy Child
Minimal Handling Stop touching the patient. Often enough in paediatrics, more is not better. This…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The Crashing Asthmatic Patient
The Crashing Asthmatic Patient is perhaps one of the most frightening of patients to treat.…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Syncope
Syncope is one of those conditions you either love or hate. I certainly have at…
Dr Peter Kas22/06/2023
Which Patients with Pulmonary Embolism should get Thrombolysis?
The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism(PE) is an almost common occurrence in the emergency department. The…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
More Non-Invasive Ventilation
Following the video on how to use non-invasive ventilation, I was asked to briefly again…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope
HOT OFF THE PRESS Prandoni P et al. Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalised…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
How Big is that Pneumothorax?
Can you easily calculate the size of a pneumothorax? Does the size matter? Calculating the…
Dr Peter Kas05/06/2020
The Deep Sulcus Sign and more.
Have you ever had a chest X-ray in someone that might have a pneumothorax, but…
Dr Peter Kas10/01/2023
