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Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Critically Ill Adults?

REBEL EM

PMID: 38215002 Clinical Question: In critically ill adults in the ICU is noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitoring similar (≤10% difference) to invasive arterial blood pressure (IABP) monitoring? PMID: 32109843 For More Thoughts on This Topic Checkout: REBEL EM: Is ATLS Wrong About Palpable Blood Pressure Estimates?

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The EvK Trial: Ketamine vs Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation

REBEL EM

Duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU, and percentage of vasopressor use were not significantly different. In contrast, patients in the ketamine arm had higher rates of MICU admissions. Day 28 survival rates for both ketamine and etomidate were not significantly different. The significance of 7-day survival is unclear.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

An EM Residents Guide to Basic Airway Management Authors: Justin Rice, MD Sagar Desai, MD Eunice Monge, MD William Chiang, MD Preface: Airway management is one of the most critical skills in emergency medicine, yet it can be one of the most challenging to master. Our esteemed MICU colleagues have endorsed this opinion) How about asthma?

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