The JournalFeed podcast

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Monday’s Spoon Feed:

For hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) experiencing acute pain, higher doses of opioids are often needed, in addition to non-opioid analgesics. Medication for OUD (MOUD) such as buprenorphine or methadone should be offered or continued if previously taking, assistance from addiction medicine services and/or acute pain services should be sought, timely hospital follow-up should be arranged, and naloxone should be prescribed at discharge.

Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:

This secondary analysis of adults ≥ 40 years old with syncope or pre-syncope without a serious diagnosis made in the ED found 5.9% of patients had a serious adverse outcome (SAO) within 30 days.

The JournalFeed podcast

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Monday’s Spoon Feed:

This perspective piece makes the case that autonomous AI could soon outperform both physicians and physician-AI hybrids at core cognitive medical tasks, though procedural care and real-world validation are major unresolved issues.

Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:

Febrile infants ≤90 days without a respiratory viral infection were more likely to have an invasive bacterial infection (IBI) than those with a detectable virus, with certain viruses putting children at lower risk of an IBI.

The JournalFeed podcast

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Monday’s Spoon Feed:

In patients already at risk for a difficult airway, those with a smaller interincisor distance (distance between top incisor to bottom incisor during maximal mouth opening) were more likely to have failed standard geometry video laryngoscopy (SGVL).

Friday’s Spoon Feed:

Emergency thoracotomy has evolved with our specialty. This practical review provides an updated approach to indications, technique, and post-thoracotomy management, with a focus on getting the chest open efficiently and safely.