St. Emlyn´s - By Simon Carley - June 22, 2019
..."The clinical bottom line.
Unless someone out there can find better evidence (I could not) then we should not rely on bone marrow analysis in critically unwell patients. Although the only paper in critically unwell humans suggests that it might have a role for some variables I am unwilling to rely on a study of just 17 patients.
Having been told (and taught) hundreds of times that we can use IO samples in resuscitation I think this paper is #dogmalysis, and we love that here at St Emlyn’s. Next month I’m teaching APLS in Virchester and I suspect that I might be struggling in the IO practical session..."