Welcome back to another edition of the research roundup, where we discuss an eclectic collection of articles selected through the very rigorous process of whatever I happened to find interesting in my recent reading. The BroomeDocs podcast version can be found here: https://broomedocs.com/category/podcast/
Croup
I love when people use science to investigate the many simple assumptions we make about the world. Not every trial needs to look novel (mostly read “me too”) drugs or fancy procedures. I also have a child in the age range for croup, and we are in our winter viral […]
Before jumping into this edition, I need to address the maternal kisses study discussed last time. Obviously the study was satire, and did an excellent job in making us laugh, but most satire studies (like those in the Christmas edition of the BMJ) are real studies. Apparently this paper was […]
It’s that time again. Sure, there may be a lot to do during the month of December, but what better way to procrastinate than to grab a mug of hot chocolate, sit down in front of the fire, and read about some emergency medicine evidence based medicine…. (If that doesn’t […]
I am on vacation this month and I am trying hard to make it a real vacation. So I am not reading any medical literature, even if I have a minute while wait in line at the Colosseum (yes, that has happened before.) Instead of my usual articles of the […]
A brief review of the management of the child with severe airway obstruction from croup in the emergency department