February 2024; papers of the month

The Resus Room

Content provided by Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick, and James Yates. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick, and James Yates or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

5M ago 30:54

MP3•Episode home

Welcome back to February's papers of the month.

Syncope is a really common presentation to the Emergency Department and it can be complicated to tease out those with a concerning precipitant from the others with a more benign cause. The first paper gives us some context to the management of these undifferentiated syncopes and provides a barometer for how stringently ESC guidance on the topic is followed.

Next up we take a look a huge RCT of transfusion thresholds in patients presenting with a myocardial infarction. Should we be restrictive in our approach, saving a valuable resource, or is it validated to transfuse more liberally in terms of the patients outcome?

Finally we take a look at a paper looking to tease out the predictors of post intubation hypotension in those getting a prehospital anaesthetic following trauma, with some interesting associations and factors to looks out for.

Once again we’d love to hear any thoughts or feedback either on the website or via X @TheResusRoom!

Simon & Rob

238 episodes

#Emergency Medicine #Emergencymedicine #Fitness #Simon Laing #James Yates #Rob Fenwick #Science #Medicine