June 2018; papers of the month

The Resus Room

Simon Laing

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

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🗓️ 1 June 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to our monthly round up of the best papers in the resuscitation world.

Again we've got 3 great papers covering some really important points of practice. First up we have a look at one of the most talked about diagnostic tests in Emergency Medicine, Troponin. We're are always looking to increase the sensitivity of the assay and test in order to ensure the patient hasn't got Acute Coronary Syndrome, but what are the implications of implementing a high sensitivity test? In our first paper we have a look at this exact scenario, the difference in patient outcomes and some of the resource implications to the service.

Next up we have a look at apnoeic oxygeationn. We've covered this a number of times before and most recently in our Roadside to Resus episode on RSI. This time we have a look at the most recent systematic review and meta-analysis on the topic to see if there is more definitive evidence of benefit with this technique.

Lastly we've found a paper that suggests a place for prognosticating off pH in cardiac arrest, is this something we should be adopting?

Have a listen but most importantly have a look at the papers yourself and let us know your thoughts.

Enjoy!

Simon & Rob

References & Further Reading

Low-level troponin elevations following a reduced troponin I cutoff: Increased resource utilization without improved outcomes. Becker BA. Am J Emerg Med. 2018

Effectiveness of Apneic Oxygenation During Intubation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Oliveira J E Silva L. Ann Emerg Med. 2017

Association between acidosis and outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. Lin CC. Am J Emerg Med. 2018.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Recess Room podcast.
0:03.9	Five, four, three, two, one, fire.
0:13.1	So hi, and welcome back to the Recess Room podcast. I'm Simon Lang.
0:18.1	And I'm, as always, Rob Fenwick.
0:20.5	Sadly, yep, you still are.
0:22.5	And this is June's Papers of the Month.
0:25.4	It is indeed. We've got three good papers for you this month.
0:28.0	We're looking at troponins in ACS.
0:30.1	We're looking at apneic oxygenation and the topic that just won't go away,
0:34.4	pH in cardiac arrest.
0:36.0	And obviously being June, Simon, I'm presuming you're absolutely loving the hot weather
0:41.5	out there.
0:42.0	I find a layer of concrete over the top of my skin just about prevents the accumulation of
0:48.8	a ridiculous number of freckles.
0:50.6	Absolutely, mate.
0:51.3	And I will drop you in the North Sea.
0:56.8	Cool. Right. Yeah, mate. And I will drop you in the North Sea. Cool.
0:57.4	Right.
0:57.6	Yeah, no, we have got three really, really good papers.
1:00.8	Whether or not they're from a critical appraisal point of view the highest quality, which I'll see, but they bring around three really important clinical questions.
1:08.5	As always, a huge thanks to AbPrak, the sponsors of the podcast. They provide high quality, advanced clinical questions. As always, a huge thanks to AbPrak, the sponsors of the podcast. They provide
1:13.2	high quality, advanced clinical practitioners up and down the countries to emergency care
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