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Journal of Emergency Medicine

Peer Reviewed Journal Summaries (not indexed by PubMed)
Written by UAMS Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty

  1. Denefe M, Phan N“, Eastin C. Comparison of femoral and carotid arteries in terms of pulse check in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A prospective observational study: Yilmaz G, bol O, resuscitation. 2021; 162: 56 – 62. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(5):695-696. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003760. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.04.003.
  2. Denefe M, Phan N“. Impact of perceived inappropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on emergency clinicians’ intention to leave the job: Results from a cross-sectional survey in 288 centers across 24 countries: Druwe P, monsieurs KG, gagg, J, et al. resuscitation. 2020; 158:41-48. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):261-262. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921000354. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.026.
  3. Diep V, Phan N“. Assessment of health care exposures and outcomes in adult patients with sepsis and septic shock: Fay K, sapiano MR, gokhale R, et al. JAMA network open. 2020;3(7):e206004. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(6):826-827. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921004765. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.05.020.
  4. Diep V, Phan N“. Association of timing of electrocardiogram acquisition after return of spontaneous circulation with coronary angiography findings in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Baldi E, schnaubelt S, caputo ML, et al. JAMA network open. 2021;4(1):e2032875. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(4):580-581. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.03.028.
  5. Hinckley D, Phan N“. Mean arterial pressure maintenance following spinal cord injury: Does meeting the target matter?: Weinberg JA, farber SH, kalamchi LD, et al. journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2020; 90; 97-106. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):261. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921000342. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.025.
  6. Hobensack M, Phan N“. Tranexamic acid during prehospital transport in patients at risk for hemorrhage after injury; A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial: Guyette FX, brown JB, zenati MS, et al. JAMA surg.2021;156(1):11–20. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.4350 . J Emerg Med. 2021;60(3):416-417. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921001177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.02.014.
  7. Hobensack M, Phan N“. Racial bias in pulse oximetry: Sjoding M, dickson R, iwashyna T, et al. N engl J med. 2020;383(25):2477-2478. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2029240. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):262-263. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921000366. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.027.
  8. Hobensack M, Phan N“. Clinical effects of balanced crystalloids vs saline in adults with diabetic ketoacidosis: Self WH, evans CS, jenkins CA, et al. JAMA network open. 2020;3(11):e2024596. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24596. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(4):578-579. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003085. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.03.025.
  9. Hobensack M, Phan N“. Derivation and validation of a 4-level clinical pretest probability score for suspected pulmonary embolism to safely decrease imaging testing: Roy P, friou E, germeau B, et al. JAMA cardiology. published online march 03, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.0064. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(6):827-828. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921004777. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.05.021.
  10. Wagner BR, Eastin C. Effect of an emergency department care bundle on 30-day hospital discharge and survival among elderly patients with acute heart failure: The ELISABETH randomized clinical trial: Freund Y, cachanado M, delannoy Q, et al. JAMA 2020;324(19):1948-1956. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):264. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646792100038X. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.029.
  11. Wagner BR, Lewis ZB. Association of cryoprecipitate use with survival after major trauma in children receiving massive transfusion: Tama MA, stone jr ME, blumberg SM, et al. JAMA surg. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.7199. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(5):698-699. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003796. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.04.006.
  12. Wagner BR, Lewis ZB. Fluid response evaluation in sepsis hypotension and shock: Douglas IS, alapat PM, corl KA, et al. chest, 2020;158(4):1431-1445. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(1):132-133. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467920314177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.12.026.
  13. Wagner BR, Lewis ZB. Risk of OvercorrecStion in rapid intermittent bolus vs slow continuous infusion therapies of hypertonic saline for patients with symptomatic hyponatremia: The SALSA randomized clinical trial: Baek SH, jo YH, ahn S, et al. JAMA intern med. 2021;181(1):81-92. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(3):417-418. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921001189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.02.015.
  14. Watson AK, Lewis ZB. Outcomes of intensive systolic blood pressure reduction in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and excessively high initial systolic blood pressure: Post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial: Qureshi A, huang W, lobanova I, et al. JAMA neurol. 2020;77(11):1355–1365. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):260-261. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921000330. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.024.
  15. Watson AK, Lewis ZB. Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular fibrillation (ARREST): A phase 2, single centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial: Yannopoulos, D., bartos, J., raveendran, G., et al. the lancet. 2020; 396:1807-1816. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(5):695. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003759. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.04.002.
  16. White R, Phan N“. Lower or higher oxygenation targets for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: Schjørring OL, klitgaard TL, perner A, et al. NJEM. 2021;384 doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2032510. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(3):418-419. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921001190. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.02.016.
  17. Williams KB, Eastin C. Delayed intracranial hemorrhage after blunt head injury with direct oral anticoagulants: Soleimani T, mosher B, ochoa-frongia L, et al. J surg res. 2021 jan;257:394-398. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.024. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(3):415-416. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921001165. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.02.013.
  18. Williams KB, Lewis ZB. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in U.S children and adolescents: Feldstein LR, rose EB, horwitz SM, et al. the new england journal of medicine, 2020; 383 (4). J Emerg Med. 2021;60(1):129-130. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646792031413X. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.12.022.
  19. Williams KB, Lewis ZB. First-attempt success rate of video laryngoscopy in small infants (VISI): A multicentre, randomized controlled trial: Annery G garcia-marcinkiewicz, pete G kovatsis, agnes I hunyady, et al. the lancet. 2020; 396;1905-1913. J Emerg Med. 2021;60(4):579-580. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921003103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.03.027.
  20. Williams KB, Lewis ZB. Compression therapy to prevent recurrent cellulitis of the leg: Webb E, neeman T, bowden FJ et al. the new england journal of medicine, 2020; 383 (7). J Emerg Med. 2021;60(2):263-264. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467921000378. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.01.028.