TamingtheSRU

UC Department of Emergency Medicine
  • 4.6 (35)
  • SCIENCE
TamingtheSRU

www.tamingthesru.com - Free. Open-Access. Focused on Emergency Medicine, critical care and prehospital medicine, as well as practice algorithms and decreasing knowledge translation in Med Ed.

  1. Pediatric Septic Score

    10/31/2024

    Pediatric Septic Score

    Current screening tools for pediatric septic shock and sepsis are highly specific but lack sensitivity. This study substituted age adjusted vital sign measures and a pediatric shock index into currently existing pediatric sepsis scoring systems to create the qPS4.When utilizing a cut off of ≧ 2 points, the qPS4 was highly sensitive and specific, and identified pediatric septic shock far sooner into a patient's course.

    11 min
  2. Is Your Head Spinning? The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score

    09/18/2024

    Is Your Head Spinning? The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score

    There is a wide variation in practice, particularly in obtaining neuro-imaging in patients presenting with vertigo. Many patients are imaged and subjected to a longer length of stay, and on the other side of the coin, some patients with serious pathology fall through the cracks. The authors of this study set out to create a risk score to apply to patients who present to the ED with vertigo which would identify the patients at risk for serious pathology (which they defined as stroke, TIA, vertebral artery dissection, or brain tumor).

    8 min
  3. Sniffing out Sepsis - Vibes vs Scoring Systems?

    07/24/2024

    Sniffing out Sepsis - Vibes vs Scoring Systems?

    Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well  as the rest of the world. Sepsis as a disease process has been difficult to both clearly define and quickly recognize. Many metrics for recognition and management of sepsis are dependent upon various scoring systems, including SIRS, SOFA, qSOFA, and MEWS, none of which were designed for the acute detection of sepsis within the emergency department. This journal club recap will look at an article by Knack et al looking at physician gestalt vs scoring systems for the detection of sepsis.

    10 min
  4. TEG for Cirrhotic Bleeding

    07/17/2024

    TEG for Cirrhotic Bleeding

    In patients with cirrhosis and ongoing bleeding, it can be challenging to determine whether or not patients are hyper or hypocoagulable. Traditional markers of coagulation status like INR can be difficult to interpret in patients with abnormal synthetic function and potentially increase consumption of coagulation factors. Can TEG (thromboelastography) be a helpful too in these situations? In this journal club recap, Dr. Grisoli recaps a recent article by Rout et al that addresses this issue.

    6 min
  5. TXA in Severe Trauma - A Metanalysis

    07/02/2024

    TXA in Severe Trauma - A Metanalysis

    In this journal club recap, Dr Sarah Moulds recaps a recent meta-analysis of papers looking at the therapeutic effect of TXA in patients with severe trauma. Are their higher rates of thromboembolic complications? Is mortality improved? This article by Fouche et al attempts to answer these questions.

    7 min
  6. Shock Differently - Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    06/28/2024

    Shock Differently - Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) represents a great cause of morbidity and mortality. Approximately 350,000 cardiac arrests occur in North America annually and 20% can be attributed to Ventricular tachydysrhythmias (i.e. ventricular tachycardia [v fib] and ventricular tachycardia [v tach]without a pulse). In this journal club recap, Dr Kelly Tillotson recaps an article comparing different ways of defibrillation and their effect on outcomes in OOHCA

    11 min
  7. Sterile v NonSterile

    06/12/2024

    Sterile v NonSterile

    In this most recent Journal Club recap podcast, Dr. Cole Davis covers a paper investigating the use of sterile vs clean gloves for laceration repair in the ED.

    9 min
  8. Is the Cuff Enough?

    04/17/2024

    Is the Cuff Enough?

    In this journal club breakdown, we analyze an article examining the relationship between invasive arterial line blood pressure measurements and non-invasive cuff measurements.

    9 min
See All (87)

Ratings & Reviews

4.6
out of 5
35 Ratings

About

www.tamingthesru.com - Free. Open-Access. Focused on Emergency Medicine, critical care and prehospital medicine, as well as practice algorithms and decreasing knowledge translation in Med Ed.

Information

  • Creator
    UC Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2024
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    TamingtheSRU

You Might Also Like

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.
Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada