by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 18, 2019 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Full Article, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Wang HE, et al. JAMA. 2018 Aug 28;320(8):769-778. Editorial: Pragmatic Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Question and Methods: This multicenter pragmatic cluster-crossover randomized trial...
by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 16, 2018 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Driver BE, et al. JAMA. 2018 May 16. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.6496. Question/Methods: This single-centre, randomized clinical trial enrolled 757 patients to compare first-attempt intubation success...
by Bo Zheng, Richard Hoang | May 3, 2018 | Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
In this post, we will discuss the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) for intubation in the Emergency Department; we will focus on considerations in predicted difficult airways (RSI vs. awake intubation), Rocuronium vs. Succinylcholine, and the indications...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 26, 2018 | Anesthesiology, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Semler MW, et al. Chest. 2017 Oct;152(4):712-722. Editorial: Should the Ramped Position Be “Sniffed at” in the ICU? Scott JA, et al. Chest. 2017 Oct;152(4):693-694. Question and Methods:...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 6, 2017 | Journal Club, Resuscitation
Journal Club Summary Reference: Caputo N, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Aug 9. doi: 10.1111/acem.13274. Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Question and Methods: This single centre, un-blinded RCT compared oxygen saturation levels for apneic oxygenation...