Emergency Evidence Updates – February 2024
Randomised Controlled Trials
Impact of emergency physician performed ultrasound in the evaluation of adult patients with acute abdominal pain: a prospective randomized bicentric trial Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Spiced RCT: Success and Pain Associated with Intravenous Cannulation in the Emergency Department Randomized Controlled Trial The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Other Guidance/Reports
Analysis of guideline recommendations for treatment of asthma exacerbations in children: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) study Archives of Disease in Childhood
Appraisal of Australian and New Zealand paediatric sepsis guidelines Emergency Medicine Australasia
Developing a set of emergency department performance measures to evaluate delirium care quality for older adults: a modified e-Delphi study BMC Emergency Medicine
RCEM
- Screening in the Emergency Department (February 2024)
- Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (February 2024)
Recommendations for Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Five Opportunities to Improve Value Annals of Emergency Medicine
Use of Topical Anesthetics in the Management of Patients With Simple Corneal Abrasions: Consensus Guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians Annals of Emergency Medicine
Primary Research
Prehospital
Development and inter-rater reliability of a simple prehospital mobility score for use in emergency patients BMC Emergency Medicine
Prehospital anaesthesiologists experience with cardiopulmonary resuscitation-induced consciousness in Norway – A national cross-sectional survey Resuscitation Plus
Prehospital T-MACS and HEART scores in the prediction of myocardial infarction: a prospective evaluation Emergency Medicine Journal
Prodromal complaints and 30-day survival after emergency medical services-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Safety of pre-hospital peripheral vasopressors: The SPOTLESS study (Safety of PrehOspiTaL pEripheral vaSopreSsors) Emergency Medicine Australasia
Using ambulance surveillance data to characterise blood-borne viral infection histories among patients presenting with acute alcohol and other drug-related harms Emergency Medicine Australasia
General
A New Perspective on Missed Nursing Care in the Emergency Department: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Emergency Nursing
Digital stressors and resources perceived by emergency physicians and associations to their digital stress perception, mental health, job satisfaction and work engagement BMC Emergency Medicine
Healthcare risk stratification model for emergency departments based on drugs, income and comorbidities: the DICER-score BMC Emergency Medicine
Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a cross-sectional descriptive study BMC Emergency Medicine
Risk factors for violence in an emergency department: Nurses’ perspectives Emergency Medicine Australia
Save Your Back: Comparison of the Compressive Force on the Lower Back Based on Differences in the Training Techniques Journal of Emergency Nursing
Scoring systems for prediction of malaria and dengue fever in non-endemic areas among travellers arriving from tropical and subtropical areas Emergency Medicine Journal
Vital sign measurements demonstrate terminal digit bias and boundary effects Emergency Medicine Australasia
Paediatric
Accuracy of Pediatric Interventricular Septal Thickness Measurement Obtained Via Point-of-Care Ultrasound – A Prospective Study Pediatric Emergency Care
Bedside Leukocyte Esterase Testing to aid in Diagnosing Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Children The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Saline Enema and X-ray-Guided Air Enema in the Treatment of Intussusception Reduction in Children Pediatric Emergency Care
Diagnosis of Fever Source Following Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy in the Pediatric Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Care
Efficacy and safety of ketamine alone and ketamine-dexmedetomidine combination for sedation for brain computed tomography in paediatric patients with head injuries: A retrospective study Emergency Medicine Australasia
Emergency department utilisation and treatment for trauma-related presentations of adolescents aged 16–18: a retrospective cross-sectional study BMC Emergency Medicine
Excessive Use of Benzodiazepines Is a Risk Factor for Endotracheal Intubation in Children Who Present to Emergency With Prehospital Status Epilepticus Pediatric Emergency Care
Incomplete Fractures of Distal Long Bones Among Children in Early Stages of Mobility – Few Concerns for Physical Child Abuse at a Single Pediatric Level I Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Care
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Knowledge Among Female Adolescents Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Care
Pediatric Emergency Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Confidential Adolescent Care Pediatric Emergency Care
POCUS for Infectious Enteritis—A Retrospective Case Series Analysis Pediatric Emergency Care
Point-of-Care Ultrasound of a Nasal Septal Abscess Pediatric Emergency Care
Risk Factors and Management Outcomes in Pediatric Epistaxis at an Emergency Department The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Risk Factors of Convulsions in Children With Rotavirus Gastroenteritis and Construction of a Nomogram Prediction Model Pediatric Emergency Care
Wales Infants’ and childreN’s Genome Service (WINGS): providing rapid genetic diagnoses for unwell children Archives of Disease in Childhood
Adult
Beyond SEP-1 Compliance: Assessing the Impact of Antibiotic Overtreatment and Fluid Overload in Suspected Septic Patients The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Biomarkers Improve Diagnostics of Sepsis in Adult Patients With Suspected Organ Dysfunction Based on the Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) Score in the Emergency Department Critical Care Medicine
Blood-brain barrier permeability for the first 24 hours in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Blunt Head Injury in the Elderly: Analysis of the NEXUS II Injury Cohort Annals of Emergency Medicine
Diagnostic accuracy of venous system ultrasound for subtypes of acute kidney injury Emergency Medicine Journal
External validation of a rapid algorithm using high-sensitivity troponin assay results for evaluating patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction Emergency Medicine Journal
High-sensitivity troponin testing at the point of care for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction: a prospective emergency department clinical evaluation Emergency Medicine Journal
Intradermal Sterile Water Injection: Safe and Effective Alternative for Relief of Acute Renal Colic in the Emergency Department The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ischemic Retinopathy from Prolonged Orbital Compression NEJM
Oropharyngeal Hemorrhage and Difficult Airway Management: A Decision Not to Intubate The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax NEJM
Retrospective observational study of aged care facility residents presenting to ED post fall: A case for person-centred shared decision making Emergency Medicine Australasia
Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 to 24 Hours with Perfusion-Imaging Selection NEJM
Thiamine as a Metabolic Resuscitator after Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
Three Simple Parameters on Admission to the Emergency Department are Predictors for Endoscopic Intervention in Patients with Suspected Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Metadata
Summary author: Rebecca Howes @ClinicalLibsPHU
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