Standard practice in many communities involves transporting suspected opioid overdose patients to the ED after giving naloxone for a period of observation. Some communities routinely release patients who have returned to baseline, and data suggests that such a practice is safe. We review this evidence, and make our ow recommendations.
Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been used for years to reduce hemorrhage in the operating room. We evaluate the efficacy of TXA to reduce hemorrhage in trauma patients in the Emergency Department, looking at data from the CRASH-2 trial and the MATTERs study.
'm joined by Drs. Larry Lewis and Matt Dettmer to talk about using biomarkers, specifically procalcitonin, to diagnose sepsis...
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About The EMJClub Podcast
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An evidence-based emergency medicine podcast. The Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club podcast provides an excellent way to keep up with the medical literature, improve patient care,…
and increase understanding of evidence-based medicine. Each month we ask a clinical or operational question pertinent to the practice of emergency medicine. We then discuss the four articles most relevant to that question in an attempt to determine the most evidence-based approach to patient care.