Category: Emergency Medicine

A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Emergency Medicine

NAVIGATE: Early noninvasive ventilation in general wards for acute respiratory failure

NAVIGATE: Early noninvasive ventilation in general wards for acute respiratory failure Monti et al. for the NAVIGATE Study Group, BJA Feb 2025. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.11.023 Clinical Question In adult patients with mild acute respiratory failure (ARF), does a regime of 2-hour cycles of noninvasive ventilation (NIV), delivered on general wards every 8 hours, reduce the progression to severe acute respiratory failure (defined […]

RENOVATE – High-Flow vs NIV

18 December 2024 Generic Contributor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 3 comments

High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure RENOVATE and BRICNet Authors. JAMA 2024. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.26244 Clinical Question In adult patients with acute respiratory failure does the use of high-flow nasal oxygen compared to noninvasive ventilation reduce the rate of endotracheal intubation or death at 7 days? Background Both high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) and noninvasive ventilation […]

TRAUMOX2 – Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients

15 December 2024 George Walker Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients Arleth. JAMA 2024. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.25786 Clinical Question In adult patients experiencing blunt or penetrating trauma does an early restrictive oxygen strategy compared to a liberal oxygen strategy reduce death and/or major respiratory complications within 30 days? Background ATLS guidelines recommend that all severely injured patients should receive supplemental oxygen in the initial […]

PREOXI Trial – Noninvasive Ventilation for Preoxygenation

20 July 2024 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In critically ill patients undergoing tracheal intubation does pre-oxygenation with non-invasive ventilation compared with pre-oxygenation with an oxygen mask reduce the incidence of hypoxemia during intubation?

ANNEXA-I – Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor–Associated ICH

10 July 2024 George Walker Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients who have recently taken factor Xa inhibitors with an intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) did the administration of Andexanet result in better haemostatic efficacy compared to standard care?

DanGer Shock – Microaxial Flow Pump in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock

26 April 2024 George Walker Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

Microaxial Flow Pump or Standard Care in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock Møller JE et al. 2024. NEJM. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2312572 Clinical Question In adults presenting with STEMI and cardiogenic shock does the use of a microaxial flow pump (Impella CP) compared to standard care reduce death from any cause at day 180? Background Cardiogenic shock is a frequent complication of STEMI and […]

NICO – Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning

20 April 2024 Generic Contributor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine One comment

Effect of Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial Freund Y. JAMA. 2023. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24391 Clinical Question In adults with a decreased conscious level from suspected acute poisoning, does withholding intubation versus routine practice reduce in-hospital death, and length of ICU stay and hospital stays? Background The decision to intubate a poisoned patient with […]

Validation of the MIRACLE 2 Score for Prognostication After OOHCA

22 March 2024 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

In patient with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, how does the MIRACLE2 score compare with previously reporting scoring systems, for predicting poor neurological outcome at hospital discharge?

ACORN

10 January 2024 George Walker Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In acutely ill adults (ED / ICU) does the administration of cefipime or piperacillin-tazobactam (pip-taz) result in an increased incidence of AKI or death by day 14?

Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage

24 October 2023 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In trauma patients with exsanguinating haemorrhage, does the use of the REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta) device with standard care in the emergency department, compared with standard care alone, impact 90-day-mortality?

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