Emergency Evidence Updates – August 2026

Randomised Controlled Trials

Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure and Continuous Albuterol for Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations – A Randomized Clinical Trial  JAMA Network Open

Effectiveness of the Bladder Stimulation Technique for Infant Urine Collection in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial  Journal of Emergency Nursing

Bougie guided versus Endotracheal tube with Stylet guided intubation in critically injured patients with Difficult airway characteristics (BEST trial): randomised clinical trial  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

 

Other Guidance/Reports

Cardiac ultrasound in cardiovascular emergency and critical care: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the Acute CardioVascular Care Association of the European Society of Cardiology, and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care  European Heart Journal

Early management of crush injury and crush syndrome: a Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care consensus statement  Emergency Medicine Journal

Implementing a Cold Debrief Program in the Emergency Department: A Framework for Reflection and System Improvement  Emergency Medicine Australasia

Wessex Paediatric Empirical Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines  PIER

 

Primary Research

Prehospital

A 1-Hour Resuscitation Bundle for Prehospital Management of Septic Shock  Critical Care Medicine

Prehospital Physiologic Instability and in-Hospital Mortality Among Non-Trauma Patients with Low-Risk Emergency Department Triage  Prehospital Emergency Care

Workplace violence from the ambulance personnel’s perspective, a qualitative study  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

 

General

Ambient oxygen enrichment during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an overestimated risk? – Insights from a manikin study  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Clinical outcomes and opportunities for improvement across modified trauma quality improvement cohorts: a registry-based cohort study  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Cross-sectional associations between neurodiversity and violence-related attendances in Welsh Emergency Departments and the role of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programmes  Emergency Medicine Journal

Outcomes of a physiotherapy performed trauma tertiary survey role on a dedicated trauma ward in a Level 1 trauma service  Injury

Using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool to assess changes in Emergency Care Capacity in a United Kingdom Major Trauma Centre  BMC Emergency Medicine

 

Paediatric

Dexmedetomidine Continuous Infusion to Maintain Sedation in Severely Agitated Adolescents in the Emergency Department  Annals of Emergency Medicine

Paediatric electric-scooter injuries: an emerging public health crisis?  Emergency Medicine Journal

Safety and Effectiveness of Intramuscular Dexmedetomidine Versus Per-Rectal Thiopental for Pediatric Brain Computed Tomography Sedation – A Retrospective Cohort Study  Pediatric Emergency Care

Videographic Assessment of Preintubation Checklist Use in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A NEAR4PEM Checklist Feasibility Study  Pediatric Emergency Care

 

Adult

Age-stratified outcomes after small-volume isolated blunt traumatic brain injury: A national ACS-TQIP analysis  Injury

Early Assessment of Fluid Tolerance (VExUS) and Stroke Volume (LVOT-VTI) to Predict Adverse Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Suspected Sepsis  Annals of Intensive Care

Incremental prognostic value of inflammatory biomarkers for 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective 24-hour landmark cohort study  BMC Emergency Medicine

Reliability of Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring Posttriage in Emergency Department Walk-In Patients: A Single-Site, Prospective, Observational, Pilot Study   Emergency Medicine Australasia

Risk stratification in older adults with rib fractures: Performance of the STUMBL score  Injury

The relationship between endothelial activation and stress index (EASIX) and the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events in acute myocardial infarction patients admitted in emergency department  BMC Emergency Medicine

Thoracic injuries in elderly trauma patients epidemiology, injury characteristics, in-hospital care and outcome  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

 

 

Metadata

Summary author: Rebecca Howes @ClinicalLibsPHU
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