November 2020

Spoon Feed Low-dose ketamine IV was the same as morphine IV for pain control <60 minutes, while morphine may be superior > 60 minutes. Both had similar rates of nausea and hypoxia.

Spoon Feed Improve the safety of your next emergency airway with point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).

Spoon Feed Transporting critically ill children poses numerous risks. Clinicians must be aware of potential adverse events involved with intra-hospital transport and take steps to mitigate these risks.

Spoon Feed In children with CNS infections leading to increased ICP, treatment with hypertonic saline (3%) had better outcomes than 20% mannitol.

Spoon Feed In outpatients with acute sciatica, physical therapy had a statistically but not clinically significant effect on patient disability compared with usual care.

Spoon Feed CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis had 100% sensitivity (95%CI 92.5-100) for detecting intra-abdominal injury in trauma patients with abdominal seat belt sign. Both abrasions or ecchymoses over the seat belt area were associated with increased risk of intra-abdominal injury.

Spoon Feed Elimination of creatinine pre-screening before IV contrast in patients with suspected stroke did not change rates of contrast induced nephropathy, hemodialysis, or mortality.

Spoon Feed When interpolated questions were added to a podcast created for this RCT, knowledge retention scores modestly improved.

Spoon Feed Corticosteroids are associated with significant pain relief for sore throat with a NNT of 5 for complete resolution of pain at 24 and 48 hours.

Spoon Feed Antibiotic treatment vs appendectomy for appendicitis had non-inferior 30-day quality of life scores, but need for subsequent surgery and complications were greater in the antibiotic group, especially in patients with an appendicolith.