Emergency Medicine Evidence Updates – July 2022
Randomised Controlled Trials
Compromised cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality due to regurgitation during endotracheal intubation: a randomised crossover manikin simulation study BMC Emergency Medicine
Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes for suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department: a non-inferiority multicentre randomised controlled trial Emergency Medicine Journal
Simulation-based randomized trial of medical emergency cognitive aids Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
NICE
COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation NG164
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 NG191
COVID-19 rapid guideline: vitamin D NG187
Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management CG191
RespiraSense for continuously monitoring respiratory rate MID299
Other Guidance/Reports
Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022 NEJM
Pneumonia Update for Emergency Clinicians Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports
Pulmonary embolism diagnosis: clinical assessment at the front door Emergency Medicine Journal
The use of TASER devices in UK policing: an update for clinicians following the recent introduction of the TASER 7 Emergency Medicine Journal
Use of Body Cameras in the ED – Position Statement – (July 22) RCEM
Cochrane
Inhaled nitric oxide for treating pain crises in people with sickle cell disease
Primary Research
Prehospital
Cervical spine immobilisation is only required in drowning patients at high risk of axial loading of the spine Emergency Medicine Australasia
Developing a translational triage research tool: part two—evaluating the tool through a Delphi study among experts Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
ECPR2: Expert Consensus on PeRcutaneous Cannulation for Extracorporeal CardioPulmonary Resuscitation Resuscitation
Evaluation of the effectiveness and costs of inhaled methoxyflurane versus usual analgesia for prehospital injury and trauma: non-randomised clinical study BMC Emergency Medicine
Intubation success in prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a retrospective observational analysis of the Inter-Changeable Operator Model (ICOM) Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Investigating the Airway Opening Index during cardiopulmonary resuscitation Resuscitation
Professional/Workplace
Emergency Department Hallway Care from the Millennium to the Pandemic: A Clear and Present Danger The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in the emergency department: a critical incident study Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Seeing the unseen: Neurodiversity in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia
Time-critical telephone conversations in the emergency department: lessons learnt from a pilot educational project to improve communication skills over the telephone in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic Emergency Medicine Journal
Visual Accuracy in Documentation (AID): Improvement of Procedure Documentation Compliance with the Implementation of a Visual Aid The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Paediatrics
6-year-old male drowning complicated by cardiac arrest and ensuing metabolic and respiratory acidosis: should presence to pulses lead clinicians to pursue prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation? The Journal of Emergency Medicine
A teenage girl with left flank pain The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Acute Alcohol Intoxication in Pediatric Emergencies Pediatric Emergency Care
Diagnosis of Internal Jugular Vein Septic Thrombophlebitis by Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pediatric Emergency Care
Five years of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone in the paediatric emergency department: what clinical features are associated with need for admission? Emergency Medicine Journal
Improving Timeliness of Pediatric Emergency Department Admissions Journal of Emergency Nursing
Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question Archives of Disease in Childhood
Rate of invasive bacterial infection in recently vaccinated young infants with fever without source Archives of Disease in Childhood
Resource Utilization in Children who Receive a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Consult in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Small bowel obstruction due to sand ingestion Archives of Disease in Childhood
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in a pediatric patient with intramuscular venous malformation in the neck The Journal of Emergency Medicine
The Pediatric Rigid Stylet Improves First-Pass Success Compared With the Standard Malleable Stylet and Tracheal Tube Introducer in a Simulated Pediatric Emergency Intubation Pediatric Emergency Care
Adults
An elusive case of tuberculous meningitis in a young man with altered mental status The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Awareness With Paralysis Among Critically Ill Emergency Department Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study Critical Care Medicine
Cerebral fat embolism after a fall The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Continuous Monitoring versus Intermittent Auscultation of Wheezes in Patients Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Determination of potential risk characteristics for cauda equina compression in emergency department patients presenting with atraumatic back pain: a 4-year retrospective cohort analysis within a tertiary referral neurosciences centre Emergency Medicine Journal
Development and Validation of the Medical Emergency Team-Risk Prediction Model for Clinical Deterioration in Acute Hospital Patients, at Time of an Emergency Admission Critical Care Medicine
Early risk stratification for progression to death by neurological criteria following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Evaluating Stroke Code Activation Pathway in Emergency Departments study Emergency Medicine Australasia
Improving the performance of a triage scale for chest pain patients admitted to emergency departments: combining cardiovascular risk factors and electrocardiogram BMC Emergency Medicine
Neurological Pupil Index and its association with other prognostic tools after cardiac arrest: A post hoc analysis Resuscitation
Point-of-care ultrasound compression of the carotid artery for pulse determination in cardiopulmonary resuscitation Resuscitation
Shortening door-to-puncture time and improving patient outcome with workflow optimization in patients with acute ischemic stroke associated with large vessel occlusion BMC Emergency Medicine
Usefulness of the d-dimer to albumin ratio for risk assessment in patients with acute variceal bleeding at the emergency department: retrospective observational study BMC Emergency Medicine
Metadata
Summary author: Rebecca Howes @ClinicalLibsPHU
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