Emergency Evidence Updates – February 2023
Randomised Controlled Trials
Effectiveness of Lay Bystander Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Mattress versus the Floor: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial Annals of Emergency Medicine
NICE
Urinary tract infections in adults QS90
Other Guidance/Reports
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Patients with Substance Intoxication Presenting to the Emergency Department Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Death rates following emergency department chest pain assessment Emergency Medicine Australasia
Drink and injection spiking: how to approach an increase in presentations? Emergency Medicine Journal
Cochrane
Vitamin D for the management of asthma
Primary Research
Prehospital
A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Prehospital Emergency Care
Assessment and management of children with head injury: practice and opinion Journal of Paramedic Practice
Association between a Post-Resuscitation Care Bundle and the Odds of Field Rearrest after Successful Resuscitation from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Pre/Post Study Prehospital Emergency Care
Automated external defibrillator electrode size and termination of ventricular fibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Comparing the Effects of Low-Dose Ketamine, Fentanyl, and Morphine on Hemorrhagic Tolerance and Analgesia in Humans Prehospital Emergency Care
Cooling Modality Effectiveness and Mortality Associate With Prehospital Care of Exertional Heat Stroke Casualities The Journal of Emergency Medicine
“It’s like a swan, all nice and serene on top, and paddling like hell underneath”: community first responders’ practices in attending patients and contributions to rapid emergency response in rural England, United Kingdom—a qualitative interview study Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Stress of emergency physicians during helicopter operations: impact of patients’ diagnoses, severity of diagnoses, and physicians’ work experience BMC Emergency Medicine
The effect of a multi-faceted quality improvement program on paramedic intubation success in the critical care transport environment: a before-and-after study Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Workplace
Barriers and facilitators to guideline-recommended care of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the ED: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework Emergency Medicine Journal
Can triage nurses accurately interpret the electrocardiogram in the emergency department to predict acute cardiovascular events? A prospective observational study Journal of Advanced Nursing
Emergency department care experiences among members of equity-deserving groups: quantitative results from a cross-sectional mixed methods study BMC Emergency Medicine
Evaluation and Management of Airway Foreign Bodies in the Emergency Department Setting The Journal of Emergency Medicine
First attempt success with continued versus paused chest compressions during cardiac arrest in the emergency department Resuscitation
Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score for predicting mortality in emergency department patients with sepsis Emergency Medicine Australasia
The time cost of physiologically ineffective intravenous fluids in the emergency department: an observational pilot study employing wearable Doppler ultrasound Journal of Intensive Care
Triage to electrocardiogram sign-off time in patients with acute coronary syndrome at a metropolitan Sydney hospital Emergency Medicine Australasia
Paediatrics
Development of a paediatric airway management checklist for the emergency department: a modified Delphi approach Emergency Medicine Journal
Identification of Papilledema in Pediatric Patients With Meningitis Using Ocular Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pediatric Emergency Care
Intentional Paediatric Poisoning Presentations to Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Medicine Australasia
Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Video Laryngoscopy With an Adult Device: A Case Series Presented With a Contemporary Group Intubated With Direct Laryngoscopy Pediatric Emergency Care
The Importance of Median Glossoepiglottic Fold Engagement on Laryngeal View and Tracheal Intubation Success in Children Annals of Emergency Medicine
The Pediatric Bougie for the First Tracheal Intubation Attempt in Critically Ill Children Annals of Emergency Medicine
Adults
A case of high-tension electrical injury of the upper extremity Trauma
Acute Tonsillitis Due To Monkeypox The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Association between major trauma centre care and outcomes of adult patients injured by low falls in England and Wales Emergency Medicine Journal
Crouching Zookeeper, Hidden Dragon: A Case of a Komodo Dragon Bite The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Diabetic Ketoalkalosis: A Common Yet Easily Overlooked Alkalemic Variant of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Associated with Mixed Acid-Base Disorders The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Droperidol versus ondansetron for nausea treatment within the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia
Evaluating the impact of a pulse oximetry remote monitoring programme on mortality and healthcare utilisation in patients with COVID-19 assessed in Emergency Departments in England: a retrospective matched cohort study Emergency Medicine Journal
Frequency and Outcomes of Cervical Spine Computed Tomography Imaging on Alcohol-Intoxicated Patients in the Emergency Department The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Hyperacute T Wave in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Annals of Emergency Medicine
Inferior Subtle ST Elevation. Would You Activate Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory? The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Injuries and outcomes resulting due to falls in elderly patients presenting to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care hospital – a cohort study BMC Emergency Medicine
Long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients older than 75 years: a single-centre retrospective study Emergency Medicine Journal
Musculus psoas major morphology – a novel predictor of mortality in elderly polytraumatized patients BMC Emergency Medicine
Patient Perspectives on Seeking Emergency Care for Acute Low Back Pain and Access to Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department Annals of Emergency Medicine
Plasma calprotectin as an indicator of need of transfer to intensive care in patients with suspected sepsis at the emergency department BMC Emergency Medicine
Primary Neurologic Symptoms: Have You Considered Pernicious Anemia? The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Reversible Neurotoxicity Due To Excessive Use of Ethyl Chloride The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Using Vital Signs to Place Acutely Ill Patients Quickly and Easily into Clinically Helpful Pathophysiologic Categories: Derivation and Validation of Eight Pathophysiologic Categories in Two Distinct Patient Populations of Acutely Ill Patients The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Metadata
Summary author: Rebecca Howes @ClinicalLibsPHU
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