July 2016

Glucagon did not resolve esophageal food impaction but was effective in making people miserable by inducing vomiting.

Hydrocodone/acetaminophen street drugs actually contained huge doses of fentanyl and caused numerous deaths.  This type of overdose required unusually large doses and prolonged drips of naloxone for reversal.

Troponin elevation from cause other than classic plaque rupture and thrombus were still deadly in this study.

Apneic oxygenation was of benefit in this ED study.

Residents tend to "cherry-pick" and sign up for patients with simpler sounding chief complaints more quickly than other complaints.

The diagnostic performance of WBC and ANC for appendicitis varies with age in kids.

Inappropriate use of social media was shockingly common among healthcare professionals, with potentially devastating privacy, individual, and institutional consequences.

No QT prolongation was present after ondansetron was given to kids.

Intensive BP lowering did not improve outcome in patients with ICH.

Is the trauma pan-scan helping improve trauma outcomes.  This RCT helps answer the question.