Journal update monthly top five

This month’s update is by the Research in Emergency care, Avon Collaborative Hub based in Bristol. 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. Low perfusion and missed diagnosis of hypoxemia by pulse oximetry in darkly pigmented skin: A prospective study by Gudelunas et al.Topic: diagnosticsRating: game changer Retrospective studies have suggested pulse oximetry readings may overestimate oxygen saturation (SpO2) in patients with darkly pigmented skin, resulting in higher rates of occult hypoxaemia.1 This prospective study evaluated the accuracy of two different...
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Journal update Source Type: research