In the Literature

Welcome to the first Journal Feed Wrap-up for 2020! This week Clay covers interventional therapies for acute PE, the FAINT score for syncope, and IV TXA for hemoptysis.

Clay brings you managing severe hypertension, guidelines on nonvariceal upper GI bleeding, and AHA stroke guideline updates.

Clay Smith and the Journal Feed team cover TTM in non-shockable rhythms, POCUS for abscess, and single syringe adenosine for SVT.

Our wrap-up this week covers febrile seizure, duration of antibiotic therapy for strep throat, fluid bolus before intubation, and the 2019 ACEP policy on acute headaches.

Clay and Journal Feed are full of greatness this week with caudal equina, ultrasound in unstable PE, cerebellar bleeds, and adrenal crisis. Read on for more!

Journal Feed brings you the long awaited CRASH-3 – TXA for TBI trial, balanced crystalloids, and N95 vs plain mask for flu prevention.

This week Clay Smith brings you risk of lead toxicity with retained bullet fragments, evaluation of TASER shocks, and pearls in managing massive hemoptysis.

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!

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.