Oct 13 2021
POCUS for COVID-19
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Point of care lung ultrasound findings are associated with poor outcomes and need for hospitalization in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Aug 23 2021
Should We Use Bronchodilators for Bronchiolitis?
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For infants <12 months diagnosed with bronchiolitis, bronchodilators did not improve hospital or ICU admission numbers, ED return visits, noninvasive, or invasive ventilation requirement.
Jun 17 2021
CARPE DIEM – PEM Prediction of Pneumonia Complications
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Clinician gestalt leaves much to be desired in determining which children with community acquired pneumonia will develop subsequent complications.
Jun 14 2021
New Guideline – POCUS for Acute Dyspnea
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Adding point-of-care ultrasonography to standard diagnostic pathways for acute dyspnea led to statistically significantly more correct diagnoses, shorter time-to-correct diagnosis, and, in some studies, shorter time-to-correct treatment than standard diagnostic pathways alone.
Jun 10 2021
Is Thoracentesis Safe in Coagulopathic Patients?
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There is a very low, perhaps 0% bleeding and mortality risk, in performing thoracentesis or tube thoracostomy on patients taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents or those with thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy from a disease process, like cirrhosis.
May 31 2021
Are Pulse Oximeters Inaccurate in Black Patients?
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When researchers looked for occult hypoxemia by comparing arterial blood gas results to pulse oximetry measurements among patients who identified their race as Black or White, they found rates of occult hypoxemia to be almost three times higher for Black patients.
May 12 2021
How Often Does Anaphylaxis Require Redosing of Epinephrine?
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Roughly 1 in 10 cases of anaphylaxis evaluated by a healthcare professional are treated with at least 2 doses of epinephrine.
Apr 28 2021
SAFER RCT – 5 or 10 Days for Pediatric CAP?
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In outpatient children with community acquired pneumonia, 5 days of amoxicillin was non-inferior to 10 days.
Apr 14 2021
Run ‘Em Low – SpO2 Targets for COPD
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In COPD patients, a SpO2 target of 88-92% was associated with lower inpatient mortality than SpO2 targets ≥93%.
Apr 01 2021
HOT-ICU RCT – PaO2 Target 60 or 90mm Hg?
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There was no difference in 90-day mortality in critically ill patients with significant oxygen requirement between those with a PaO2 target of 60mm Hg vs 90mm Hg.