JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 27th – Dec 1st, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: This RCT found no differences between high dose (16 mg) and low dose (4 mg) IV dexamethasone in patients who presented to EDs with migraine headaches.&nb...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 20-24, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed: In a randomized control trial of 367 discharged infants with bronchiolitis, enhanced home nasal suctioning with a mechanical device did not lead to reduced unschedule...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 13-17, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: There is a nonlinear inverse dose-response trend between daily step count and all-cause death and cardiovascular disease, with progressive risk reductions starting at...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 6-10, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed: Contact precaution (CP) for patients with MRSA infection or colonization is listed as an "essential practice" for all U.S. hospitals, but should it be? Thursday Spoon...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 30 Nov 3, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: After a non-diagnostic screening ultrasound for appendicitis, a rapid-MRI has high clinical accuracy in establishing the appropriate diagnosis (appendicitis or not)...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 23-27, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Emergency physician (EP) advancing age was associated with higher 7-day patient mortality. This is a wake-up call to keep up. Whether with JournalFeed or others, your p...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 18-20, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: Opioids, other than codeine, were found to be more effective when compared to non-opioids for treatment of acute musculoskeletal pain after ED discharge. However, they...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 9-13, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: Children who viewed a 1-minute firearm safety video* exhibited safer behaviors around inert firearms staged in a playroom. With firearm-related deaths overtaking motor...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 2-6, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: This prospective observational cohort study found implementing a protocol for peripheral norepinephrine (NE) decreased median number of central venous catheter (CVC) day...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 25-29, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed: This RCT found residents using a pediatric cardiac arrest app better adhered to the pediatric cardiac arrest algorithm when compared to those using a PALS visual aid...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 18-22, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: While it doesn’t have great specificity, the sensitivity of ultrasound makes it a viable first step in making the diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess. Wednesday Spoon F...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Setp 11-15, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed:  Children with persistent or worsening rhinosinusitis experienced a modest improvement in symptoms when given amoxicillin-clavulanate vs. placebo. Friday Spoon F...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 4 - 8, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday  Spoon Feed: In this video review, information contained in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patient handoffs was highly variable, which is an area for quality improvem...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Aug 28 – Sept 1, 2023. These are summaries from just 3 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Through education and advocacy, we can reduce the risk of global nuclear conflict. You have more power to change the world than you might think. Tuesday Spoon Fee...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 21-25, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed: This article was a multi-institutional prospective validation of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG), which were de...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 14 to 18, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: This multi-center, double-blinded, non-inferiority trial found that short-course antimicrobial therapy had relatively low treatment failure rates compared to stan...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 7-11, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.                Thursday Spoon Feed: In this prospective observational study of patients undergoing CT imaging...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 31 to August 4th, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: In a retrospective study of 331 low risk acute pulmonary embolism patients, concerning CTPA findings were not associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Thu...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 24-28, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Prehospital administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) did not result in greater functional survival in patients with major trauma and suspected trauma-induced coagulopat...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 17-21, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed: On average, female EM physicians leave clinical practice 12 years younger than their male counterparts, after fewer years of practice, and the amount of time spent in...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 9-14, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Orbital cellulitis is a high-risk and low-prevalence disease characterized by a painful, red eye, usually with eyelid erythema. Red flags include pain with eye movement...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 3-7, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: A p-value is the probability that an observed outcome (or more extreme outcome) would occur if, in fact, the null hypothesis was true.  Say what??  I...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 26-30, 2023.   These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.   Tuesday Spoon Feed Post-concussion return to functional baseline occurs early for symptoms, balance, and mental status along with partial neurocognitive functioning. Visual...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 19-23, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed: Among patients in the RIETE database with confirmed PEs, there was a low failure rate when the PERC rule was retroactively applied. PERC negative patients who had PE...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 12-16, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Swabs vs. Urine Spoon Feed Vaginal swabs are more accurate than urine samples in diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis. These results support...