Journal update monthly top five

Introduction This month’s update is by the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford Medicine. We used a multimodal search strategy, drawing on free open-access medical education resources and literature searches. We identified the five most interesting and relevant papers (decided by consensus) and highlight the main findings, key limitations, and clinical bottom line for each paper. The papers are ranked as Worth a peek—interesting but not yet ready for prime time. Head turner—new concepts. Game changer—this paper could/should change practice. The efficacy of prehospital IV fluid management in severely injured adult trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hébert et alTopic: Intravenous fluid managementOutcome rating: worth a peek An aggressive fluid resuscitation strategy has long been common practice for the treatment of trauma patients in haemorrhagic shock. Recent literature has suggested that restrictive fluid administration may be better for specific trauma...
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Journal update Source Type: research