Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 035

This study suggests that antiemetics are not nearly as potent as widely believed. These drugs have been shown to be effective in preventing nausea (i.e. pretreatment for chemo) but it’s appears that the mechanism for halting nausea is different than that for preventing it. Recommended by: Anand Swaminathan Read More: Nausea? We’ve Got Placebo for That The Best of the Rest Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary 1. Kew KM, Kirtchuk L, Michell C. Intravenous magnesium sulfate for treating adults with acute asthma in the emergency department. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 May 28;5 PubMed ID: 24865567 This Cochrane Review concludes that intravenous magnesium sulfate (1.2-2 grams), when administered in conjunction with standard asthma treatments to adults, prevents 7 hospital admissions per 100 treated (Odds ratio 0.75, 95% CI 0.60- 0.92). The Cochrane group calls for researchers looking at magnesium in asthma to better define baseline severity so that recommendations for drug administration based on severity can be made. Recommended by: Lauren Westafer Airway, Critical Care, Anesthesia 2. Hui CM, Tsui BC. Sublingual ultrasound as an assessment method for predicting difficult intubation: a pilot study. Anaes 2014; 69(4):314-9. PubMed ID: 24641637 Predicting the challenging airway is difficult in spite of the presence of multiple assessment tools. In this study, sublingual ultrasound was used in 100 elective operative patients to assess the airway. The inab...
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