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The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 21-25, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Novel blood-based biomarkers, specifically GFAP, UCH-L1, S100B, and NfL, may be well suited for early classification and triage of patients with acute and subacute mi...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 14-18, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: A single high-quality CT scan is highly accurate at detecting serious cervical spine injuries in children after trauma and may be enough to clear the spine without fu...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July  7-11, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Targeting the 5th percentile mean blood pressure in pediatric septic shock resulted in similar 28-day mortality as targeting the 50th percentile - while red...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 30 - July 4, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Patients with mild asthma who used albuterol-budesonide rescue therapy had about half as many severe exacerbations as those on albuterol alone. Thursday Spoon...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of 23-27, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : Bayesian analysis of the use of EpiDex in bronchiolitis demonstrates a reduced probability of hospitalization for bronchiolitis, although highly skeptical clinicians m...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 16-20, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Prolonged central capillary refill time is associated with increased mortality in adult trauma patients—including those with “stable” initial vital signs. Wednesday S...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 9-13, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : A retrospective study found that trauma patients who were intubated in the ED had no difference in morality compared to those intubated in the OR on propensity mat...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 1-6, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : In this retrospective study of 74 peritonsillar abscess (PTA) patients, there were no instances of inadvertent carotid puncture. Tuesday Spoon Feed : Ingesting househo...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of 26-30, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : A novel termination of resuscitation (TOR) rule for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) utilizing information available at the bedside proposed TOR appropriately, often, an...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of 19-23, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: The Ten Test is a quick, reliable, no-equipment sensory exam that performed as well as or better than traditional methods in assessing hand and finger injuries – with none...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 12-16, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Short-term ambulatory cardiac monitoring has diagnostic usefulness, although limited, in patients discharged from the emergency department.  Friday Spoon Feed :...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 5-9, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : The use of pre-operative GLP-1 receptor antagonists did not increase rates of post-operative aspiration pneumonia or acute respiratory failure. Wednesday Spoon Feed : C...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 18 – May 2, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : The ALI’s first restatement of medical malpractice law shifts from “customary practice” to “reasonable medical care,” integrating evidence-based medicine, clar...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 21-25, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : This preplanned subgroup analysis of the TOMAHAWK Trial of patients with ROSC after OHCA found no EKG findings (excluding STEMI) that predicted the presence of c...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 14-18, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed : The authors created The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score for ED patients presenting with vertigo that may better identify those at risk for serious neurologic condition...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 7-11, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Lidocaine use during pre-hospital resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) resistant to defibrillation, when compared to amioda...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 31 to April 4, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : For pediatric ED patients, NSAIDs, ketamine, and mid-high potency opioids all reduced pain compared to placebo, with NSAIDs also reducing the need for rescu...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 24-28, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed : A large meta-analysis of ICU RCT subgroups finds decreased mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury treated with normal saline vs. crystalloid and an incr...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 17-21, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : In a RCT of 550 patients with intermediate-risk PE, those who received large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT) were less likely to suffer clinical decompensati...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Merch 10-14, 2025. Download the  JournalFeed iPhone app ! These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : When time is of the essence, as in ovarian torsion, furosemide plus fluid provides a quick, effective, noninvasive optio...

New!  Download the  JournalFeed iPhone app ! The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 3-7, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Guidelines recommended low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for most patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 24-28, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed : Nebulized high-dose inhaled corticosteroid use in addition to short acting beta-agonist therapy may reduce emergency department length of stay in adult asthma exace...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 17-21, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: This RCT found that just-in-time coaching increased first pass success prior to infant intubations by inexperienced clinicians in the operating room. Thursday Spoon Fe...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 10-14, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Giving 1g IV tranexamic acid (TXA) prophylactically after delivering a baby in a high-risk patient prevented severe postpartum hemorrhage. Friday Spoon Feed : This sy...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 4-7, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : Patients who received as-needed antihypertensive medications while hospitalized had higher risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). Thursday Spoon Feed : This trial found...