JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2026.

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:
The Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines on penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) offer helpful tips to improve survival.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:
This simplified strategy using a D-dimer threshold of 1000 ng/mL in patients for whom pulmonary embolism was not the most likely diagnosis and age-adjusted threshold for other patients had a diagnostic failure rate of 0%, and chest imaging was decreased by 19%.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 20-24, 2026.

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.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:
In Part 1, catch up on the new PE guidelines from the AHA on diagnosis, imaging, risk categories, and disposition!

Friday’s Spoon Feed:
This is the follow-up to Part 1 and touches on anticoagulation, reperfusion therapy, and hemodynamic management.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 13-17, 2026.

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 review advocates for a risk-stratified observation pathway in those who receive epinephrine for anaphylaxis, from as little as 1-3 hours if low-risk to as high as 6-12 hours if high-risk.

Friday’s Spoon Feed:
In young children with acute wheezing, use of a higher drug-delivery valved holding chamber was associated with improved clinical outcomes compared to a lower-delivery device, supporting the importance of delivery method in bronchodilator therapy.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 6-10, 2026.

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:
Cardiac standstill on transthoracic echocardiography is a strong predictor of failing to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). However, while it offers high diagnostic accuracy, emergency physicians should use it as one prognostic marker among others rather than a sole reason to terminate efforts.

Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:
Of patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), CT imaging revealed new findings 65.2% of the time while POCUS did so in 57.6% of IHCA patients.

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 30-April 3, 2026.

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.

Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:
Gabapentinoids are often prescribed for off-label indications, with minimal or no clinically significant benefit, while exposing patients to harmful side effects, especially vulnerable elderly patients.

Friday’s Spoon Feed:
The TWIST Score can be used for risk stratification of an acute scrotum, but POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) should be used, particularly in intermediate risk patients to rule out testicular torsion in pediatric patients.