EM Residency Journal Club
May 2026
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Othman AA, Sadek AA, Ahmed EA, Abdelkreem E. Combined ketamine and midazolam versus midazolam alone for initial treatment of pediatric Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (KET-MID study): a randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Neurology. 2025;167:24-32. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.03.011 |
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Knack SKS, Scott N, Driver BE, et al. Early physician gestalt versus usual screening tools for the prediction of sepsis in critically ill emergency patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2024;84(3):246-258. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.02.009 |
February 2026
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Dequin PF, Meziani F, Quenot JP, et al. Hydrocortisone in severe Community-Acquired pneumonia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2023;388(21):1931-1941. doi:10.1056/nejmoa2215145 |
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Casey JD, Seitz KP, Driver BE, et al. Ketamine or etomidate for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults. New England Journal of Medicine. 2025;394(16):1608-1620. doi:10.1056/nejmoa2511420 |
December 2025
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Zhou Y, He Y, Campbell BCV, et al. Alteplase for acute ischemic stroke at 4.5 to 24 hours. JAMA. 2025;334(9):788. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.12063 |
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Van Essen TA, Yue JK, Barber J, et al. Acute Surgery vs Conservative Treatment for Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(10):e2535200. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.35200 |
October 2025
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Martin MJ, Bush LD, Inaba K, et al. Cervical spine evaluation and clearance in the intoxicated patient: A prospective Western Trauma Association Multi-Institutional Trial and Survey. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2017;83(6):1032-1040. doi:10.1097/ta.0000000000001650 |
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Gaspari R, Lindsay R, She T, et al. Incidence and clinical relevance of echocardiographic visualization of occult ventricular fibrillation: A multicenter prospective study of patients presenting to the Emergency Department after Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2025;86(4):328-336. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.04.014 |
June 2025
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Feigin E, Feigin L, Ingbir M, Ben-Bassat OK, Shepshelovich D. Rate of correction and All-Cause mortality in patients with severe hypernatremia. JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(9):e2335415. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.35415 |
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Faruqi I, Caffery T, Colter M, et al. Incidence of acute kidney injury after exposure to intravenous contrast in emergency department patients presenting for stroke. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024;70:10-18. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.09.012 |
April 2025
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Jaber S, Paugam C, Futier E, et al. Sodium bicarbonate therapy for patients with severe metabolic acidaemia in the intensive care unit (BICAR-ICU): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet. 2018;392(10141):31-40. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31080-8 |
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Pruitt P, Castillo R, Rogers A, et al. External validation of a tool to identify Low-Risk patients with isolated subdural hematoma and preserved consciousness. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2023;83(5):421-431. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.481 |