EM literature (critical appraisals)

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Airway management in cardiac arrest Jabre 2018

Airway management is cardiac arrest is always a hot topic of debate. Yesterday we looked at AIRWAYS2, demonstrating no difference in survival with good neurologic outcomes between a laryngeal mask airway and intubation. (Benger 2018) However, those are both advanced interventions. Are either required? Where does the mighty bag valve […]

Airway management in cardiac arrest part 2 (Jabre 2018)

Airway management in cardiac arrest Benger 2018

Critical appraisal of the AIRWAYS2 trial (Benger 2018)

Airway management in cardiac arrest part 1: AIRWAYS 2 (Benger …

Research Roundup First10EM

A monthly (ish) summary of the emergency medicine literature

Research Roundup (formerly articles of the month)

A brief summary of the COMBAT trial looking at prehospital plasma for trauma resuscitation.

Another trial of prehospital plasma for trauma (COMBAT)

A review of the SALT-ED trial (Self 2018) comparing 0.9% saline to balanced IV fluids in an emergency department setting

IV fluid choice part 3: The SALT-ED trial

A review of the SMART trial (Semler 2018) comparing 0.9% saline to balanced crystalloid

IV fluid choice part 2: The SMART trial

A review of the SPLIT trial (Young 2015) comparing saline to Plasma-Lyte 148

IV fluid choice part 1: The SPLIT trial

Adverse drug reactions

Can a decision tool help us identify patients at risk for adverse drug reactions in the emergency department?

Adverse drug reactions in the emergency department (Hohl 2018)

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A critical appraisal of the PARAMEDIC 2 trial (epinephrine in out of hospital cardiac arrest)

Paramedic 2: Epinephrine harms/helps in out of hospital cardiac arrest