JournalFeed

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...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June5-9, 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. FFOH Spoon Feed This systematic review found that the prevalence of cervical spine injuries in patients 65 years or older after a ground level or low-level fall was between 3.8-4.1%. Kids a...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 29 – June 2, 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. Friends Save Lives Spoon Feed There was an increased number of patient deaths on ICU shifts with low nurse-to-nurse familiarity. Testicular Traction Spoon Feed Pulling traction...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 22-26, 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. How to CPR Spoon Feed Using a 1-handed technique in infants <1yr and 2-handed technique in children >1yr resulted in deeper compressions, closer to AHA guideline recommendation...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 15-19, 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. Under/Over-triage Spoon Feed The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) mistriaged roughly 1 of every 3 patients who presented to 21 EDs in the Kaiser Permanente health system.    ...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 8-12, 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. PTU vs MMI Spoon Feed This comparative effectiveness study showed no significant difference in clinical outcomes or adverse effects when comparing use of propylthiouracil (PTU) and methima...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 1-5, 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. Steroids on Steroids Spoon Feed Patients with septic shock on norepinephrine who were treated with fludrocortisone and hydrocortisone had an associated reduction of in-hospital death or dis...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 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. PROCOAG RCT Spoon Feed This well-designed RCT finds early administration of 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) to patients at risk of receiving massive transfusion prot...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 17-22, 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. Journal of ChatGPT Spoon Feed ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence software that is being explored for scientific writing. While there is great potential for utilizing this in the medi...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 10-14, 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. Ketamine ICP Safety Spoon Feed This retrospective study of thirty-three pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) demonstrated no increase in intracranial pressure (I...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 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. Thoracic Aortic Dissections Spoon Feed Early identification and treatment of thoracic aortic dissections are paramount to patient survival and good clinical outcomes.  Here...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 27-30, 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. Yes Flu, No Abx Spoon Feed Patients at two separate urgent care locations—one with rapid influenza diagnostic testing (RIDT) and one without—were compared on several parameters. Im...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 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. Cochrane Anti-Maskers Spoon Feed In this Cochrane review, hand-hygiene programs reduce the incidence of clinical acute respiratory illness (ARI), while masking probably does not provide...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 13-17th, 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. CPR Fatigue Spoon Feed In this study of firefighters performing CPR with feedback devices, researchers found that compression depth decreased over the course of a two-minute ches...

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 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. Diagnostic Error Spoon Feed Diagnostic errors in the ED occur at rates similar to those in other clinical settings. Not all errors have human causes, and not all are inevitable – this ar...