May 2021
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May 17 2021
EDACS – Accurate for Chest Pain Risk Stratification
Spoon Feed EDACS is accurate and safe to use in practice for chest pain risk stratification and likely allows more patients to be discharged than the HEART score.Read More -
May 14 2021
POCUS for Peritonsillar Abscess
Spoon Feed Point of care ultrasound provides safer, more accurate, and more efficient patient care for the diagnosis and management of peritonsillar abscess.Read More -
May 13 2021
Ketofol for Kids!
Spoon Feed Ketamine + propofol (ketofol) in children was associated with reduced hypotension and bradycardia when compared with other single agents or combinations.Read More -
May 12 2021
How Often Does Anaphylaxis Require Redosing of Epinephrine?
Spoon Feed Roughly 1 in 10 cases of anaphylaxis evaluated by a healthcare professional are treated with at least 2 doses of epinephrine.Read More -
May 11 2021
LP After Delayed Head CT for SAH – Is It Required?
Spoon Feed The sensitivity of a negative non-contrasted head CT performed to rule out atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage decreases when done >6 hours after headache onset, but further workup - including LP - requires shared decision making.Read More -
May 10 2021
New Treatment for PID – Should We Add Metronidazole?
Spoon Feed Adding metronidazole to the current IDSA regimen of ceftriaxone (CTX) and doxycycline for outpatient pelvic inflammatory disease treatment is generally well tolerated and associated with less-frequent recovery of anaerobic organisms and improved clinical response compared to CTX and doxy.Read More -
May 07 2021
CT and Cancer Risk
Spoon Feed CT abdomen and pelvis is associated with a higher incidence of hematologic malignancies over a two year span, especially in younger patients.Read More -
May 06 2021
Early Head-to-Pelvis CT for OHCA
Spoon Feed Obtaining an expedited CT head-to-pelvis after resuscitation from idiopathic out-of-hospital circulatory arrest (OHCA) appears to be safe and may help identify and rule out critical life-threatening diagnoses and change clinical management.Read More -
May 05 2021
Should Otitis Media with Effusion Get Antibiotics?
Spoon Feed The authors determined that the harms from antibiotics outweighed the benefit of speedier resolution of otitis media with effusion in children.Read More -
May 04 2021
Migraine Cocktail for Posttraumatic Headache?
Spoon Feed When compared to placebo, a combination of metoclopramide and diphenhydramine was effective at reducing posttraumatic headache.Read More