The big paper of the month: ketamine vs etomidate for RSI Casey JD, Seitz KP, Driver BE, et al. Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2511420. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41369227 On its face, this is a […]
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A true rarity: An RCT demonstrating a mortality benefit, but is it too good to be true? Matchett G, Gasanova I, Riccio CA, Nasir D, Sunna MC, Bravenec BJ, Azizad O, Farrell B, Minhajuddin A, Stewart JW, Liang LW, Moon TS, Fox PE, Ebeling CG, Smith MN, Trousdale D, Ogunnaike […]
This is bound to be a controversial topic. The conclusion of this systematic review and meta-analysis is that “the findings suggest that use of intubation checklists is not associated with improved clinical outcomes during and after endotracheal intubation.” The FOAMed world has a lot of checklist advocates (myself included, although […]
An approach to the initial management of the asthma patient presenting to the emergency department in extremis
