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The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 4-8, 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 RCT found high-intensity non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in COPD patients with persistent hypercapnia decreased the need for endotracheal intu...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 28 – Nov 1, 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 NEAR database study, there was an independent association between increasing number of intubation attempts and risk of complications. Wednesday Spoon Fe...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 21-25, 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 emphasizes the difference between hypertensive emergency and asymptomatic elevated blood pressure (BP). While hypertensive emergency requires prompt trea...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 14-18, 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 prospective study of a new proprietary rapid host-protein test, MeMed BV (MMBV), shows promising results for differentiating viral vs bacterial causes of feve...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 7-11, 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 : ACEP released a clinical policy that addresses the choice of a second-line agent for adults with refractory seizures after adequate dosing of benzodiazepines. Friday...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 30 – Oct 4, 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 adult patients with sepsis, empiric use of vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam compared to vancomycin and cefepime, when anti-anaerobic coverage was not c...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 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: Post-processing techniques completed by ultrasound machines to improve spatial resolution have become so advanced that it can now fool us into thinking a FAST exam is...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 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 : Due to a multitude of factors, the tick population is increasing leading to a congruent increase in tick borne diseases (TBD), most notably Lyme disease and babesios...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 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 : There are an increasing number of water bead related injuries in children, with the majority occurring in children less than five. While most cases can be treated and...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 2-6, 2024. JournalFeed wants your feedback!! Tap here for a brief survey!! (<2 minutes) 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 a retrospective study of 142 patients with an initial shockable rhythm and 4 to 5 e...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 26-30, 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 new PECARN clinical decision rule for cervical spine imaging in children after blunt trauma identifies children at low risk for C-spine injury utilizing nine ris...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Aug 19-23, 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:  Using the aortic dissection detection (ADD) risk score in addition to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and D-dimer, providers can increase their diagnostic ac...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Aug 12-16, 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 was a large RCT of critically ill adults with suspected infection who were randomized to receive either continuous infusions or intermittent dosages of intrav...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 5-9, 2024. Monday Spoon Feed :  For acute ischemic stroke patients with recent DOAC ingestion who (1) had their DOAC level measured, (2) had DOAC reversal with idarucizumab, or (3) inadvertently received thrombolytics with DOAC subsequently discovered, there was not evidence of increased significant intracranial hemorrhage associated with off-lab...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 29 – August 2, 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. Thursday Spoon Feed : This retrospective study found increased use of unfractionated heparin (UFH) relative to low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and direct oral anticoagulants...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 22-26, 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. Thursday Spoon Feed : The first direct comparison of the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-Alcohol Revised (CIWA-Ar) scale to a slightly modified Richmond Agitation and Sedation...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 15-19, 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 a cohort of septic children, delays in antibiotic administration 330 minutes or longer from arrival to the emergency department led to an increase in mortality....

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 8-12, 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 : GRACE-4 is packed with practice-changing recommendations for patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), alcohol use disorder (AUD), and cannabinoid hyperemesis...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 1-5th , 2024. Monday Spoon Feed :  The only strong recommendation for corticosteroid use was in patients needing to be hospitalized with severe community acquired pneumonia. The panel recommended against high-dose/short duration corticosteroids in patients with septic shock. Tuesday Spoon Feed :  In pediatric patients who have an Alvarado...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 24-29, 2024. Tuesday Spoon Feed : In a cohort of febrile infants, the performance of WBC, ANC, and CRP decreased in patients with less than 2 hours of fever; PCT remained similar.   Thursday Spoon Feed : Ketamine has been shown to be efficacious in managing acute pain conditions in the emergency department (ED), and this study showed equal efficacy...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 17-21, 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. Thursday Spoon Feed: This bias-adjusted meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) finds a one-month mortality benefit in trauma patients receiving tranexamic acid (TXA) during...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 10-14, 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 was a validation study for the recently published American College of Cardiology (ACC) Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for chest pain. Results suggest this pat...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 3-7, 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 this RCT, successful intubation on the first attempt in critically ill neonates was much higher in patients when video laryngoscopy (VL) was used compared to direct...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 27-31, 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 retrospective study of 60 patients who received a fixed-dose ketamine of 250 mg by EMS observed that 6 were intubated in the ED. There was no association between we...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 20-24, 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 review article illustrates the evidence-based “no-zone” approach in managing penetrating neck injuries, with a reliance on clinical symptoms as well as multidete...