The JournalFeed podcast for the week of 19-23, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

The Ten Test is a quick, reliable, no-equipment sensory exam that performed as well as or better than traditional methods in assessing hand and finger injuries – with none of the cost.

Friday Spoon Feed:

In this Bayesian network meta analysis, researchers compared pharmacologic interventions for migraine treatment. There was no clear superior choice for single-agent pain control, but chlorpromazine IV/IM was among the most effective for adequate pain relief at two hours, and IV/IM ketorolac was possibly among the worst.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 12-16, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

Short-term ambulatory cardiac monitoring has diagnostic usefulness, although limited, in patients discharged from the emergency department.

Friday Spoon Feed:

40% of patients undergoing endotracheal intubation (ETI) have a major adverse event. This article gets you up to speed on what tools, techniques, drugs, and interventions give your patient the best shot at a successful intubation without adverse events.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 5-9, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

The use of pre-operative GLP-1 receptor antagonists did not increase rates of post-operative aspiration pneumonia or acute respiratory failure.

Wednesday Spoon Feed:

Computed Tomography (CT) examinations in 2023 alone are projected to result in approximately 103,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients and could account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 18 – May 2, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

The ALI’s first restatement of medical malpractice law shifts from “customary practice” to “reasonable medical care,” integrating evidence-based medicine, clarifying liability standards, discouraging defensive medicine, and promoting transparency while balancing ethical communication and legal accountability.

Tuesday Spoon Feed:

In children with moderate to severe TBI, 3% hypertonic saline (HTS) was not associated with improved survival or better functional outcomes compared to 20% mannitol.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 21-25, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

This preplanned subgroup analysis of the TOMAHAWK Trial of patients with ROSC after OHCA found no EKG findings (excluding STEMI) that predicted the presence of coronary artery lesions.

Thursday Spoon Feed:

In this substudy of the Canadian TIA Score cohort, researchers found score utilization with subsequent MRI imaging could improve the outcome of patients suffering from TIA or stroke, particularly in the medium-risk category, scoring between 4-8 points.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 14-18, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

The authors created The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score for ED patients presenting with vertigo that may better identify those at risk for serious neurologic conditions like stroke. The scoring system has remarkable sensitivity for serious neurolgic pathology, but it has yet to be validated.

Friday Spoon Feed:

The previously derived Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score was validated with a new cohort, and low scores accurately identified patients as low risk and therefore not requiring further investigation or treatment for a serious diagnosis of vertigo.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 7-11, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

Lidocaine use during pre-hospital resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) resistant to defibrillation, when compared to amiodarone, was associated with higher rates of ROSC, fewer post-drug shocks, and greater odds of survival to discharge in this observational study.

Tuesday Spoon Feed:

People with cannabis use disorder were more likely to die from suicide, trauma, and drug poisoning and had a higher overall risk of death, which challenges the popular belief that it's is a harmless recreational drug.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 31 to April 4, 2025.

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 Spoon Feed:

For pediatric ED patients, NSAIDs, ketamine, and mid-high potency opioids all reduced pain compared to placebo, with NSAIDs also reducing the need for rescue medication.

Wednesday Spoon Feed:

Antibiotic treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children has a significantly higher failure rate (34% vs. 7%) compared to appendectomy, but this is limited by differing definitions of failure and the chosen non-inferiority margin.