NEJM - Emergency Medicine

Nearly two thirds of patients with low-risk PE are hospitalized.

Lactated Ringer's solution, compared with normal saline, was associated with small but significant improvements in outcomes.

The guidelines say no, but this study says OK.

In recent years, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been performed less commonly in these patients.

For patients with sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema (SCAPE), a high-dose strategy may speed weaning of respiratory support.

This practice was safe and also resulted in fewer intensive care unit admissions.

A recent meta-analysis suggests that it is safe and effective for syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion.

A meta-analysis offers compelling evidence that awake prone positioning improves outcomes in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Patients with sepsis who received vasopressors peripherally had few complications and no increase in mortality.

In a randomized trial, preoxygenation with NIV significantly and safely lowered the incidence of hypoxemia in critically ill adults.