Cricoid Pressure For Pediatric Intubation
Use of cricoid pressure did not decrease the risk of regurgitation during pediatric tracheal intubation.
Use of cricoid pressure did not decrease the risk of regurgitation during pediatric tracheal intubation.
For patients with high pretest probability for pulmonary embolism, a negative CT pulmonary angiography alone does not appear to adequately rule out venous thromboembolism.
JAMA recently covered infective endocarditis (IE). I thought the JF readers would be well served by a Spoon Feed version. This thing is 12 pages long with 117 references. Let’s miniaturize it, shall we?
Prehospital administration of 2 units of thawed plasma in adult trauma patients at risk for hemorrhagic shock reduced mortality compared to standard care, NNT = 10.
Acetaminophen use during late pregnancy was associated with premature ductus arteriosus closure in these two cases.
Greater operator stress while performing a lumbar puncture was associated with lower patient confidence and greater odds of post dural puncture headache.
Patients with cardiovascular disease and concomitant COPD can be safely treated with a combination long-acting beta-agonist and a long-acting muscarinic antagonist when on a baseline beta-blocker.
Epinephrine for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improved overall 30-day survival (3.2%, epi vs 2.4%, placebo) but did not improve survival to discharge with a good neurological outcome. In fact, more patients who received epinephrine and survived had severe neurological impairment than in the placebo group.
I recently read a helpful article in Harvard Business Review via Doximity. It was a feature on servant leadership. I’ll briefly recap the highlights and make application to the ED.
Neither the fluid rate (fast or slow) or type (NS vs 1/2NS) altered the risk of brain injury with decline in GCS <14 in children with DKA.