Best Articles of 2021
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This is a list of the most important articles of 2021.
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Landmark Febrile Neonate, Febrile Infant Guideline from the AAP
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This covers the epic, 40-page AAP febrile neonate and febrile infant guideline. This is a game-changing, must-read summary and article.
GRACE-1 – Chest Pain Frequent Flyers
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GRACE-1 offers eight evidence based guidelines to determine which adult patients with recurrent chest pain are low risk and can be safely sent home from the ED.
TTM2 RCT – Cool Your Jets on Therapeutic Hypothermia
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Cooling comatose patients to 33°C after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest did not improve mortality or neurological outcomes compared to simply maintaining normothermia (<37.8°C).
TREAT-CAD RCT – Aspirin or Warfarin for Cervical Arterial Dissection?
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Aspirin was not non-inferior to vitamin K antagonists in reducing bad clinical and MRI outcomes at 14 days in adult patients with cervical arterial dissection.
Canadian TIA Score Beats ABCD2
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The Canadian TIA Score has now been validated and is ready for clinical use. Patients with a clinically-defined TIA (no MRI) may be accurately stratified as low, medium, or high risk for subsequent stroke (+/- carotid revascularization) within 7 days.
Best Articles of 2020
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This is a list of the most important articles of 2020.
Early Rhythm Control for A-fib | EAST-AFNET 4 Trial
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Early rhythm control of atrial fibrillation was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes, including cardiovascular-related death as well as stroke and hospitalization for worsening heart failure or acute coronary syndrome.
Major Consensus Statement on IV Contrast Nephropathy
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This is a summary of the major ACR/NKF consensus statements.
Move Over San Francisco – Canadian Syncope Score Validated
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The Canadian Syncope Risk Score (CSRS) was successfully validated as a tool to risk stratify ED patients presenting with acute syncope. Patients at low risk for serious outcomes at 30 days can be safely discharged.