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Issue #3: The Latest in Critical Care, 6/5/23

PulmCCM

There was no significant difference in survival with a favorable neurologic outcome at 30 days (20% vs 16% nominally favoring the ECMO group, P=0.52) or at 6 months. Read in NEJM Aspiration vs tube thoracostomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Check out the preliminary program , and use code PULMCCM15 to get 15% off the attendance fees.

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SGEM#350: How Did I Get Epi Alone? Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You arrive and see that the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) algorithm is being followed for adult cardiac arrest patients with pulseless electrical activity (PEA). This study provided weak evidence in support of using corticosteroids for IHCA as part of a VSE protocol.