Category: Emergency Medicine

A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Emergency Medicine

CENSER

In patients with septic shock, does early low-dose norepinephrine compared with standard care increase shock control at six hours?

Pivetta

In patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute dyspnoea, does the addition of lung ultrasound examination compared to standard approach, improve the diagnostic accuracy for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)?

The IRIS Cricoid Trial

February 1, 2019 Fraser Magee Emergency Medicine, Summaries One comment

In patients undergoing rapid sequence anaesthesia induction, does the use of cricoid pressure vs. a sham procedure, prevent pulmonary aspiration?

RACE

January 18, 2019 Steve Mathieu Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Do one or more doses of levocarnitine reduce organ failure in septic shock at 48 hours, compared with placebo?

Don’t forget the LEGO

December 23, 2018 Segun Olusanya Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In adult subjects who ingest a small toy part, compared to historical controls of children who have ingested coins, is there a difference in object transit time and complication rate?

PReVENT

November 23, 2018 Aidan Burrell Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In mechanically ventilated patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), does a low tidal volume ventilation strategy (6mL/Kg), compared to intermediate tidal volume strategy (10mL/Kg), reduce the number of ventilator-free and alive days at day 28?

POLAR

October 26, 2018 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients with severe blunt traumatic brain injury (TBI) does early and sustained cooling compared with standard care improve neurological outcomes at 6 months?

PART

October 12, 2018 Duncan Chambler Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In adults suffering out-of-hospital non-traumatic cardiac arrest, does a strategy of airway management initially with laryngeal tube (LT) compared to endotracheal intubation (ETI) reduce mortality at 72 hours?

High STEACS

September 28, 2018 Fraser Magee Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In patients presenting to the Emergency Department with suspicion for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), does the use of a high-sensitivity troponin assay reduce subsequent myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death at 12 months when compared with the use of a standard troponin assay?