The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 8-12, 2024.

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 Spoon Feed:

GRACE-4 is packed with practice-changing recommendations for patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), alcohol use disorder (AUD), and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS).

Friday Spoon Feed:

A “D-dimer only” pathway in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) was safely used to determine need for imaging without clinical decision rules, but there are some concerns with this approach.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 1-5th , 2024.

Monday Spoon Feed:

The only strong recommendation for corticosteroid use was in patients needing to be hospitalized with severe community acquired pneumonia. The panel recommended against high-dose/short duration corticosteroids in patients with septic shock.

Tuesday Spoon Feed:

In pediatric patients who have an Alvarado score 6 and below, the absence of free fluid or periappendiceal fat inflammation, when the appendix was not visualized on ultrasound, had a negative predictive value of 99.4% for appendicitis.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 24-29, 2024.

Tuesday Spoon Feed:

In a cohort of febrile infants, the performance of WBC, ANC, and CRP decreased in patients with less than 2 hours of fever; PCT remained similar.

Thursday Spoon Feed:

Ketamine has been shown to be efficacious in managing acute pain conditions in the emergency department (ED), and this study showed equal efficacy between nebulized and intravenous administration of sub-dissociative ketamine (IV-SDK).