Emergency Medicine Journal Articles

• Risk of Sports-related Sudden Cardiac Death in Women What might explain the marked difference in incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac death in women vs. men? This review summarizes current knowledge on epidemiology and causes of SrSCD in women.
  European Heart Journal, April 26, 2022
• Effectiveness of a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 Receipt of a third mRNA vaccine dose was highly effective at preventing moderately severe and severe COVID-19 during Delta and Omicron predominance, according to this report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 25, 2022
• Femoral Neck Stress Fractures: An Updated Review This review provides an update to the available diagnostic and treatment options for femoral neck stress fractures.
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, April 22, 2022
• Third mRNA Vaccine in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalization According to this CDC report, a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine significantly increases effectiveness against hospitalization among adults without and with immunocompromising conditions.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 18, 2022
• Integrating HCV Screening of Baby Boomers at a Hospital ED This paper details the implementation of an opt-in HCV screening program for baby boomers presenting to a community hospital emergency department.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 18, 2022
• Prehospital Blood Transfusion for Civilian Trauma? This debate presents the pros and cons of prehospital blood transfusion, which is routine in the treatment of military trauma patients but remains controversial for civilians.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, April 15, 2022
• Algorithm for Screening for Cognitive Impairment in the ED The authors developed a machine-learning algorithm which uses available EHR data to define a subset of older adults at high risk for cognitive impairment at the time of presentation to the ED.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 12, 2022
• Management of ACL Injuries in the Skeletally Immature Learn more about the different management options for ACL injuries in children and adolescents.
  Current Orthopaedic Practice, April 11, 2022
• Antipsychotic, Sedative Medications in Older ED Patients What factors are associated with the administration of sedatives and antipsychotics in older patients presenting to the emergency department?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 05, 2022
• Effectiveness of Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Against MIS-C Receipt of 2 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is associated with a high level of protection against multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12 to 18 years, according to this CDC report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 04, 2022
• Stroke Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Reports have indicated that COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke. What are the characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with acute ischemic stroke and TIA?
  Stroke, April 04, 2022
• Vitamin D Deficiency With COVID-19 Infection Severity COVID-19 patients who are vitamin D deficient may be at a greater risk for more severe disease.
  Clinical Endocrinology, March 31, 2022
• Using a Smartwatch ECG to Detect SCA-associated Abnormalities Is a smartwatch-derived single-lead ECG recording feasible for identifying electrocardiographic abnormalities associated with sudden cardiac arrest in young adults?
  Europace, March 29, 2022
• Pharmacologic Agents to Reverse Common Anticoagulants This review describes the various anticoagulants in use today, summarizing their characteristics and presenting a primer on how to appropriately reverse the effects of these drugs.
  Southern Medical Journal, March 23, 2022
• Invasive Aspergillosis in Coronavirus Disease 2019 This review examines the potential link between invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and COVID-19 and discusses diagnostic and treatment approaches.
  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, March 23, 2022
• Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyls This report highlights a sharp increase in deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyl, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the more 100,000 drug overdose deaths during May 2020-April 2021.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, March 14, 2022
• Impact of Time to Intubation in COVID-19 Patients A new study evaluates the potential impacts of early versus delayed mechanical ventilation initiation among critically ill COVID-19 patients. What is the optimal timing?
  Critical Care, March 11, 2022
• GI Injury by Aspirin or Clopidogrel Monotherapy vs. DAPT A new study explores the mechanisms of mucosal injury and GI bleeding with differing antiplatelet regimens in patients undergoing PCI.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 11, 2022
• Diagnosis, Consultation, Treatment, and Impact of Migraine Findings from the OVERCOME study provide insight into the consultation, diagnosis, and treatment of migraine in the U.S.
  Headache, March 10, 2022
• Response to Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Among Veterans This study of a cohort of older, hospitalized veterans with a high prevalence of underlying conditions reaffirms the importance of boosters to help maintain long-term protection against severe COVID-19.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, March 02, 2022