Clay Smith

This week Clay Smith looks at UTI and need for LP in neonatal fever, heat stroke, imaging for appendicitis during pregnancy, and chest x-ray in aortic syndromes.

Clay covers contrast-associated acute kidney injury, pediatric appendicitis, predictors of opioid misuse, and the potential harm of sodium polystyrene. Read on for more!

Clay Smith covers ultralow-dose chest CT for trauma, gabapentinoids, and the need for compassion this week’s Journal Feed Wrap-Up.

This week’s wrap-up brings you some literature on managing hyperkalemia with insulin and glucose, TXA in epistaxis, and hypothermia and pediatric serious bacterial infection.

Clay Smith brings you ramped position for intubation, Lemierre’s syndrome, and some problems with unpublished research in this week’s Wrap-Up.

This week’s Journal Feed Wrap-up brings you Gabapentinoids, the RIFT trial, and asymptomatic bacteriuria.

This week’s Journal Feed brings you measles, atrial fibrillation, a counterpoint on the pelvic exam in the ED, and using the YEARS algorithm in pregnant patients with suspected PE.