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SGEM#251: Nothing Compares to You…Because there was No Comparison Group

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: April 5th, 2019 Reference: Connolly et al. NEJM 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ryan Radecki is an Emergency Physician at Kaiser Permanente NW, co-host of the Annals of Emergency Medicine podcast and Journal Club section editor. Date: April 5th, 2019 Reference: Connolly et al.

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Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

2017.09.1085 Gómez-Outes A, Alcubilla P, Calvo-Rojas G, et al. Published 2019 Jun 6. doi:10.1186/s13054-019-2492-8 Baugh CW, Levine M, Cornutt D, et al. 2019.09.001 Gilbert BW, Morton L, Huffman JB, et al. 2019.10.013 Patel IJ, Rahim S, Davidson JC, et al. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. J Emerg Med.

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Snake Bites and Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Judge 2019) Best when given within 4 hours of the bite, but still effective within 24 hours Always give an entire vial of antivenom, never a partial vial. Available from: [link] Correa JA, Fallon SC, Cruz AT, et al. Published November 13, 2019. Sarkar S, Sinha R, Chaudhury AR, et al. Snake Toxicity. Updated 2022 Sep 19].

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REBEL Cast Ep 118: The PROCOAG Trial – 4F-PCC for Trauma Patients?

REBEL EM

Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Bouzat P et al. References: Bouzat P et al. PMID: 36942533 Innerhofer P et al. Reversal of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy Using First-Line Coagulation Factor Concentrates or Fresh Frozen Plasma (RETIC): A Single-Centre Parallel-Group, Open-Label Randomised Trial.

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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

ACEP Now

Fresh frozen plasma, or FFP, should only be given to cirrhotic patients as part of the massive transfusion protocol in cases of profound hypotension, as “patients with cirrhosis rarely have true enzymatic hypocoagulability, and FFP may worsen bleeding due to over-resuscitation and dilution of coagulation factors.” 2019:94(4):697-703.

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Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

EMDocs

Institutional protocols should be utilized, keeping in mind that either whole blood or a 1:1:1 ratio of packed red blood cells, platelets, and fresh frozen plasma are optimal. Glick Y, Knipe H, Hacking C, et al. Coccolini F, Stahel PF, Montori G, et al. 2020.01.042 CRASH-2 trial collaborators, Shakur H, Roberts I, et al.

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