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Data Cafe Insights: 2023 ESO Trauma Index Overview

ESO

A retrospective look at aggregate data, the purpose of the following metrics is to both inform and ignite a conversation around best practices to help improve patient outcomes. Surgical Repair of Hip Fractures: Demonstrating effective care prioritization, 94% of older adults with hip fractures were moved to the operating room within 24 hours.

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The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

REBEL EM

Background Information: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery and the cause is complex. Renal hypoperfusion from decreased glomerular filtration rate after cardiopulmonary bypass is a major contributor.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

REBEL EM

Background Information: Acute Hypotension is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The retrospective design of this study omitted assessment of ventricular dysrhythmias related to push dose pressor administration, as they were reliant on information in the EMR. J Med Toxicol. Epub 2019 Jul 3. Intensive Care Med.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

Background Information: Obtaining definitive control of the airway, when indicated, is the responsibility of the emergency medicine physician. 2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. J Crit Care.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

ACEP Now

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. The most concerning complication of AFT is the pulmonary fat embolism (PFE). units per patient.

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Threading the Needle: Bougie-First Intubation

REBEL EM

Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations. Intubation performed in all settings (out-of-hospital, emergency department, ICU, and operating room). Randomized controlled trials or comparative non-randomized observational studies.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

You may glean some very useful information in just a moment that could greatly affect your intubation technique or preparation. It is true, someone finally did an RTC on ICU level patients and found that first pass success IS better with VL than DL (Prekker 2023), but the fact remains that sometimes VL fails. Auscultation. Even worse.

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