Under the Lens

Looking closely at evidence

Close-up of medical vials and syringe on stainless tray in clinical setting.

Under The Lens: Is Ketamine Really the Haemodynamic Hero We Think It Is?

Ketamine, Etomidate, and the inconvenient habit of evidence ruining a perfectly good assumption Ketamine is brilliant.There. I’ve said it. It provides anaesthesia. It provides analgesia. It preserves respiratory drive better than many alternatives. It has bronchodilatory properties. It can make somebody’s blood pressure go up, which is something of a novelty amongst drugs we use

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Vertical shot of a medical facility with IV drips and monitors, capturing a clinical healthcare environment.

Can Albumin Make Furosemide Work Harder?

Clever physiology, genuine clinical benefit… or just very expensive urine? Fluid is, on the face of it, reasonably simple.It goes in. Flows around. It comes out.Unfortunately, the human body appears to have missed this memo. Anyone who has spent time looking after patients with heart failure, will be familiar with the slightly bizarre situation where

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