February 2025; papers of the month

The Resus Room

Simon Laing

Science, Emergencymedicine, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Em, Ae

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🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to February 2025's papers podcast!

This month we're exploring papers on seizure management, oxygen strategies in trauma, along with transfusion strategies in patients with traumatic brain injuries.

First up we look at at a paper exploring the potential benefit of adding ketamine into the strategy for treating patients with status epilepticus. Does it help to more reliably terminate seizures and what can we take from the paper?

Trauma courses frequently mention the use of high flow oxygen in the management of trauma patients. But recent evidence in non-trauma patients has questioned whether we should be more targeted with oxygen therapy to optimise outcomes in other conditions. We take a look at an RCT looking to answer the question of which out of liberal or targeted oxygen therapy in trauma is the best approach.

Finally we look at another RCT, this time focussing on traumatic brain injury and the transfusion strategy we should take to those who are anaemic. This is a really interesting paper, with great methodology and a lot to talk about from the conclusion!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recess room podcast.
0:03.5	Five, four, three, two, one, fire.
0:12.2	So hi, and welcome back to the recess room podcast.
0:15.4	I'm Simon Lang, and I'm Rob Penwick.
0:17.9	And this is February 2025's Papers of the Month.
0:22.2	It certainly is.
0:23.0	And if you stop just for a second, Simon, and look on the horizon,
0:26.2	there might be the first glimpse of the sun for what feels like several months of it.
0:32.2	Through the clouds, through the rain, through the snow, through the ice.
0:35.1	And yes, it's coming.
0:36.4	Springs on its way.
0:37.2	Well, we've got three superb papers, it's coming. It springs on its way.
0:41.1	Well, we've got three superb papers for you this month.
0:46.0	So firstly, we're going to be looking at medazalam and ketamine for status epilepticus. Then I'm going to be talking us through a paper looking at liberal or restrictive oxygen use in trauma.
0:52.4	And finally, liberal or restrictive transfusion strategies in trauma
0:57.0	traumatic brain injury I should say and at all times I'll hopefully be able to restrict
1:02.3	Simon from being liberal with his dad jokes although I do appreciate that was a bad joke anyway
1:08.1	thanks very much Robert I look forward to the censorship throughout the episode.
1:11.9	Of course. Before we get into it, a huge thanks to Zol Medical Corporation, who continue to
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