Episode 14

RV Assessment in PE | Yuck, Don’t Reuse PPE

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of April 18-22, 2022.

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


RV Assessment in PE Spoon Feed:

Among patients with symptomatic PE who are low risk by sPESI, the addition of right ventricular assessment predictors (echo, CT, troponin, and BNP) significantly improved prognostication for clinical deterioration within 5 days. 


Yuck, Don’t Reuse PPE Spoon Feed:

Reusing personal protective equipment (PPE) risks contamination for healthcare workers and should be eliminated as much as possible.  See image of contamination below.


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Nicholas Zelt

The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Clay Smith

Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!