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JournalFeed
Hosted by Nick Zelt · EN
This is a quick summary of the most important articles we covered this week on the JournalFeed blog. It’s the audio spoon-feed!
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Intubations in Trauma | Rational Clinical Exam: Peds Concussions
Yesterday00:08:57Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 11-15, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:In this cohort of trauma patients requiring intubation, video laryngoscopy was associated with higher first-pass success, while head, face, or neck trauma was associated with lower success. Adverse events were more common with less experienced residents and greater injury severity.Thursday’s Spoon Feed:No single symptom or exam finding definitively diagnoses pediatric concussion, but mental fog, light/noise sensitivity, nausea, and oculomotor abnormalities meaningfully increase likelihood, while absence of headache decreases it.
Transcribe →HI PEITHO | Bic for HypoNa
1w ago00:12:15Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 4-8th, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday’s Spoon Feed:This trial randomized patients with intermediate-high risk PE to anticoagulation or catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) and found an improvement in composite primary outcome, driven by improvement in vital signs.Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:In this retrospective cohort study, a single 50 mL dose of 8.4% sodium bicarbonate (HTB) was more likely than 100 mL of 3% hypertonic saline (HTS) to achieve a ≥4 mEq/L increase in serum sodium in patients with severe hyponatremia.
Transcribe →Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines | Adjust-unlikely Validation! (at least)
2w ago00:10:23Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday’s Spoon Feed:The Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines on penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) offer helpful tips to improve survival.Thursday’s Spoon Feed:This simplified strategy using a D-dimer threshold of 1000 ng/mL in patients for whom pulmonary embolism was not the most likely diagnosis and age-adjusted threshold for other patients had a diagnostic failure rate of 0%, and chest imaging was decreased by 19%.
Transcribe →AHA’s New PE Guidelines
3w ago00:14:33Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 20-24, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Thursday’s Spoon Feed:In Part 1, catch up on the new PE guidelines from the AHA on diagnosis, imaging, risk categories, and disposition!Friday’s Spoon Feed:This is the follow-up to Part 1 and touches on anticoagulation, reperfusion therapy, and hemodynamic management.
Transcribe →Biphasic Anaphylaxis Observation | Are All Spacers Equal?
4w ago00:12:53Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 13-17, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday’s Spoon Feed:This review advocates for a risk-stratified observation pathway in those who receive epinephrine for anaphylaxis, from as little as 1-3 hours if low-risk to as high as 6-12 hours if high-risk.Friday’s Spoon Feed:In young children with acute wheezing, use of a higher drug-delivery valved holding chamber was associated with improved clinical outcomes compared to a lower-delivery device, supporting the importance of delivery method in bronchodilator therapy.
Transcribe →Cardiac Standstill | Scan Post IHCA?
Apr 1600:09:41Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 6-10, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday’s Spoon Feed:Cardiac standstill on transthoracic echocardiography is a strong predictor of failing to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). However, while it offers high diagnostic accuracy, emergency physicians should use it as one prognostic marker among others rather than a sole reason to terminate efforts.Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:Of patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), CT imaging revealed new findings 65.2% of the time while POCUS did so in 57.6% of IHCA patients.
Transcribe →Hold on the Gaba | TWIST and POCUS
Apr 400:08:31Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 30-April 3, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:Gabapentinoids are often prescribed for off-label indications, with minimal or no clinically significant benefit, while exposing patients to harmful side effects, especially vulnerable elderly patients.Friday’s Spoon Feed:The TWIST Score can be used for risk stratification of an acute scrotum, but POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) should be used, particularly in intermediate risk patients to rule out testicular torsion in pediatric patients.
Transcribe →Heart Disease in Females | BRUE SRMA
Mar 2800:07:55Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of 23-27, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:Despite being well documented, females with chest pain continue to suffer from misdiagnosis, later presentation, receive fewer guideline-directed therapies and invasive procedures, and have worse short and long term cardiovascular outcomes compared to males.Thursday’s Spoon Feed:A systematic review and meta-analysis found that serious diagnoses after a brief resolved unexplained event are uncommon, with most diagnostic testing yielding little value.
Transcribe →ATLS Updates | Neostigmine for Sepsis
Mar 2100:09:38Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 16-21, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday’s Spoon Feed:The 11th edition of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) introduces major updates, including prioritization of exsanguinating hemorrhage control (xABCDE), damage control resuscitation strategies such as permissive hypotension and early transfusion, reduced crystalloid use, revised approaches to spine motion restriction, and maintaining coordinated, team-based trauma care.Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:This small RCT demonstrated that a low-dose continuous infusion of neostigmine in patients with septic shock resulted in downregulation of inflammatory cytokines and suggested possible improvements in organ dysfunction, illness severity, and mortality.
Transcribe →Antibiotics For Stroke? | Tenecteplase Up To 24hr
Mar 1400:10:03Tap to summarizeThe JournalFeed podcast for the week of 9-13, 2026.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:This multicenter RCT demonstrated that a short course of minocycline in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) resulted in improved functional neurologic outcomes at 90 days.Thursday’s Spoon Feed:Tenecteplase administration up to 24 hours after onset of ischemic basilar artery stroke showed improved disability scores compared to standard medical treatment without an increase in adverse events.
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