Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 069

This study is an interesting step in analyzing the value of conference tweeting and, perhaps, ways in which Twitter can: (1)Provide feedback to speakers about how to present their messages clearly (2)Engage speakers to clarify or interact with twitter (3)Potentially disseminate messages more widely.Recommended by: Lauren WestaferRead more:  Taking Conference Tweeting to the Next Level: From the Speaker’s Perspective (Emergency Medicine PharmD)Emergency MedicineShah K et al. Magnitude of D-dimer matters for diagnosing pulmonary embolus. Am J Emerg Med 2013; 31(6):942-5. PMID: 23685058We work up too many patients for PE, we diagnose too many patients for PE, but we have few answers. This paper doesn’t solve everything, but helps support what seems intuitively true: the higher the d-dimer, the more likely the patient has a PE. Hopefully someday soon we will have some better cutoffs for the d-dimer, tailored to the patient.Recommended by: Seth TruegerPediatrics McNab S et al. 140 mmol/L of sodium versus 77 mmol/L of sodium in maintenance intravenous fluid therapy for children in hospital (PIMS): a randomised controlled double-blind trial. Lancet 2014. PMID: 25472864The ideal fluid for pediatric maintenance infusion is unclear. This study was an RDCT comparing isotonic (140 mmol/L sodium) and 1/2 normal saline. This group found a higher rate of hyponatremia in kids getting 1/2 normal solution. There was no significant difference in serious adverse events. These re...
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