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When Studies Can't Answer an Important Question (but are still published)

Sensible Medicine

Surgeons can operate on TR to either repair or replace the valve. But it’s a tough operation with high risk to the patient. Design of the Experiment: An important question in cardiology is if and when to operate on patients with TR. Sham operations are tough to do because of the ethical challenges. vs 18.2% ; P =.036).

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The SQuID Protocol: SQ Insulin in DKA?

RebelEM

The SQuID Protocol (Subcutaneous Insulin in /diabetic Ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED Operational Metrics. No statistical differences in safety between groups Operational Impact Median ED LOS (PRIMARY OUTCOME): SQuID: 8.9hrs (6.5 A more optimal, and promising, solution may be the use of SQ insulin in mild to moderate DKA.

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How Long Should EM Residency Be? New Studies Shed Light

ACEP Now

2,3 In the 2021-2022 academic year, categorical (non-combined) EM residency lengths included 221 (80 percent) PGY 1-3 and 55 (20 percent) PGY 1-4 programs. A fourth year of EM training offers additional supervised clinical and academic experience. Residency length has varied since the inception of the specialty of emergency medicine.

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Has Video Finally Killed DL?

Taming the SRU

million adults undergo tracheal intubation outside of the operating room each year in the United States. Several single-center and moderately-sized studies have compared the outcomes of these two methods with varying results. The operator reported a subjective assessment of the anticipated difficulty. Background More than 1.5

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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

ACEP Now

1 The primary outcome was the frequency of observed hypoxemia, defined as any pulse oximetry reading below 85 percent. Serious patient-oriented outcomes such as cardiac arrest were rare, but almost all occurred in the oxygen mask cohort. The obvious winner was NIPPV, whose 9.1 3 The machine learning model trailed just behind.

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Sepsis alerts work! Just not in the patients who fire the alerts

PulmCCM

A cluster randomized trial using all-cause mortality as an outcome was always needed to determine whether EMR alerts improve outcomes for suspected severe infection. Instead of clinical micromanagement, in its new form it would incentivize continuous improvement in systemwide operational processes.

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Here to chair: Gender differences in the path to leadership

SheMD

80% of department chair roles in academic medicine are held by men. Article Summary What they looked at: This article aimed to look at career trajectory differences between genders in faculty who have attained academic chair roles in emergency medicine. Female chairs obtained more advanced degrees (47.4% vs 31.6%, p=0.12).