JournalFeed

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...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 27-31, 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: There was no difference in patient centered outcomes between trauma patients who received either restrictive or liberal oxygen therapy in this RCT. Thursday Spoon Fee...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 20-24, 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 : Preoperative antibiotics significantly decreased the microbiologic yield of operative cultures (10.9%) in patients with native joint septic arthritis. Friday Spoon F...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 13-17, 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 :  When compared to working solo as an emergency physician (EP), productivity is positively influenced by the presence of senior residents, minimally affected by j...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 6 – 10, 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 : Tranexamic acid reduces the risk of life-threatening postpartum bleeding with no measurable increased risk of thrombosis. Thursday Spoon Feed : High-velocity nasa...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 30 – Jan 3, 2024. 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 : Workplace violence (WPV) occurs in one out of every 3.7 shifts among healthcare workers (HCWs) in emergency departments, with nurses and younger HCWs being at h...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 23-27, 2024. 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 patients presenting with an abdominal gunshot wound with clear indications for operative intervention, a preoperative CT provides no additional benefit and frequen...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 16-20, 2024. 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 article breaks down patient selection, setup, special considerations, and step-by step instructions to manage awake intubations, a rarely utilized but esse...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 9-13, 2024. 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 post-hoc analysis of 3 studies conducted in Europe (PROPER, MODIGLIANI, TRYSPEED) analyzed patients with a high pretest probability for PE based on Wells’ or revised...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 2-6, 2024. 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 animal model study compared the classic median bar technique for zipper skin entrapment release to a novel approach. There was no upside or downside to using th...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 25-29, 2024. 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 secondary analysis of 2 RCTs found no significant difference between rocuronium or succinylcholine on first attempt success or severe complications in critically...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 18-22, 2024. 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 : Most of the time, targeting a hemoglobin threshold of 7 – 8 g/dL in critically-ill patients is recommended, with acute coronary syndrome as the exception to the rule....

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 11-15, 2024. 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: In this randomized control trial of left versus right ultrasound-guided infraclavicular subclavian central venous access, the left-sided approach was associated with...