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PMC: Airway management in critically ill patients with obesity
Vincenzo Russotto 1 2, Jonathan D Casey 3 4, Sheila N Myatra 5, Matthew W Semler 3 4, Brian E Driver 6, Kariem El-Boghdadly 7, Samir Jaber 8, Audrey De Jong 8 Affiliations Expand PMID: 42126552 PMCID: PMC13269328 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-026-08454-x Abstract Obesity is a global health challenge. An increasing number of patients with obesity are admitted to an intensive care unit. Airway management in these patients represents a unique challenge due to
BMJ: Airway management of adults in the acute care setting
Michael Gottlieb 1, Stephanie C DeMasi 2, Jonathan D Casey 3 4, Matthew W Semler 3 4, Kevin G Buell 5 Affiliations Expand PMID: 41951238 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2025-086612 Abstract Airway management is an important skill for clinicians who care for adults who are acutely ill. Tracheal intubation can be life saving, but also carries a high rate of complications. Numerous tools
PODCAST: Face mask ventilation is one of those skills that can easily be overlooked.
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Face mask ventilation is one of those skills that can easily be overlooked. It's often seen as the simple bit of airway management — something that sits below the glamour of videolaryngoscopy, fibre-optics and endotracheal intubation. But the reality is that excellent face mask ventilation is one of the most
ECG Pointers: MVC with Spinal Injury
Author: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, APD, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations. This week, we feature a post from Dr. Tannenbaum’s ECG Teaching Cases, a free ECG resource. Please
Rib Fracture Management: Is Individualized Treatment Needed?
Paolo Spriano, MD Rib fractures (RF) are the most common form of chest wall injury and are one of the most prevalent injuries overall. An estimated 10% of all trauma patients and 55% of those with blunt chest wall trauma has RF. RF varies widely in severity, ranging from simple isolated fractures
Naloxone and Clinical Outcomes in Suspected Opioid-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
Ralph C. Wang, MD, MAS; Jake Toy, DO, MS; Juan Carlos C. Montoy, MD, PhD; Juliana Tolles, MD, MHS; Paul F. Ehlers, MD, MS; J Joelle Donofrio-Odmann, DO; James J. Menegazzi, PhD; Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD; Robert M. Rodriguez, MD; David G. Dillon, MD, PhD; for the CAL-ROC Investigators Key Points
JAMA: A Rare Ebola Virus Is Spreading in the DRC—Here’s What to Know
Kate Schweitzer1 For years, there has been cautious optimism among global health officials that Ebola was, finally, under control. Better surveillance, faster diagnostics, and safer health care practices were just a few of the lessons learned from past outbreaks in West Africa that had transformed the response to such public health emergencies. (opens
HEPARIN STEMI RCT—Prehospital Heparin for STEMI
Written by Clark Strunk Spoon Feed In this single-center RCT of patients with STEMI within 6 hours of symptom onset, a heparin bolus at first prehospital medical contact (FMC) resulted in better flow in the infarct related artery (IRA) at initial angiography, without an increased risk of significant bleeding. Early
