Here are the papers that caught our eye over the last month, many of these will go onto form the topics for our monthly podcasts and topics which you can subscribe to here.

Cardiac

Understanding cardiac troponin part 2: early rule out of acute coronary syndrome. Carlton E. Emerg Med J. 2018

Cardiac Arrest

In a subset of PEA patients, do continuous infusions of adrenergic agents improve chances of ROSC? Wong ML. Resuscitation. 2017

Lower-dose epinephrine administration and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. Fisk CA^. Resuscitation. 2018

Critical Care

Limited value of end-expiratory inferior vena cava diameter to predict fluid responsiveness impact of intra-abdominal pressure. Vieillard-Baron A . Intensive Care Med. 2018

Paediatrics

Incidence, outcomes and outcome prediction of unplanned extubation in critically ill children: An 11year experience. Al-Abdwani R. J Crit Care. 2017

Other

Intravenous crystalloid fluid for acute alcoholic intoxication prolongs emergency department length of stay. Homma Y. Am J Emerg Med. 2017

Is topical tranexamic acid a better alternative for selected cases of anterior epistaxis management in the Emergency Department? Hassen GW. Am J Emerg Med. 2018

We look forward to bringing you some of these papers in future podcasts, if there’s anything in particular you’d like to hear then leave a comment at the bottom of the page.