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52 Articles in 52 Weeks: Landmark EM Articles 2013

By Emily Junck, MD | November 12th, 2013 | Cardiovascular, Critical Care/ Resus, EMS, Environmental, Gastrointestinal, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Orthopedic, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, Renal, Trauma, Ultrasound | 7 Comments
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To provide a resource for evidence-based Emergency Medical education, this list of must-read landmark articles was created to supplement the Emergency Medicine (EM) internship year of training. There are 52 articles so that one article can be read at leisure each week of the year. I searched national databases and polled faculty at the University of Washington to identify articles that faculty would expect any EM resident to be familiar with or that they felt were practicechanging in EM. Articles were selected for the final list based on the quality of study design, sample size, and relevance for EM residents. Feel free to also download a free PDF of this list. Show 100 System entries Authors Search: Title Journal

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Airway/ Respiratory

Reed, MJ et al

Can an Airway Assessment Score Predict Difficulty at Intubation in the Emergency Department? Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: Management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and D-dimer. Incidence and Predictors of Difficult and Impossible Mask Ventilation. Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Does End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Detect Respiratory Events Prior to Current Sedation Monitoring

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2005 Pubmed IC LICK EM:

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Airway/ Respiratory

Wells, PS et al

Annals of Internal Medicine

2001

PO PU LA R P OST S (3 0 Pubmed D A Y S) 52 Articles in 52 Weeks: Landmark EM Articles 2013

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Modified Sgarbossa Criteria: Ready for Primetime?

2,134 views

Bicarbonate: Completely Useless?

1,847 views

All Benzodiazepines are Metabolized by the Liver

1,180 views

Airway/ Respiratory

Kheterpal, S et al

Anesthesiology

2006 PV Cards Pubmed

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Airway/ Respiratory

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network

New England Journal of Medicine

2000

Pubmed

NE WLY EXP ERT PEE R RE VIEW ED Bicarbonate: Completely Useless?

Airway/ Respiratory

Burton, JH et al

Academic Emergency Medicine

2006

Pubmed

Shock Index: A Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality? ALiEM Journal Club Question 1: Bias

Practices? Airway/ Respiratory Brochard, L et al Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Prospective multicenter evaluation of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria. Preoxygenation and prevention of desaturation during emergency airway management. Routine vs Selective Invasive Strategies in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Collaborative MetaAnalysis of Randomized Trials. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Evolving Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle-Branch Block. Risk for Clinical Thromboembolism Associated with Conversion to Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Lasting New England Journal of Medicine 1995 Pubmed Metabolized by the Liver
Thyroid Storm: Treatment Strategies All Benzodiazepines are

Airway/ Respiratory

Kline, JA et al

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

2008

B O OK C LU B CO U NTD OWN Next book: Dr. Sheri Fink's

Pubmed

Airway/ Respiratory

Weingart, SD et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

2012 Pubmed Dec 13, 2013

Five Days at Memorial ALiEM Book Club Page Twitter: @ALiEMbook

Cardiology

Mehta, S et al

Journal of the American Medical Association

A U THOR S L IST 2005 Pubmed

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Cardiology

Sgarbossa, E et al

New England Journal of Medicine

Email 1996

Pubmed

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Cardiology

Weigner, M et al

Annals of Internal Medicine

1997

Pubmed

Less than 48 Hours. Cardiology Than, M et al 2-Hour Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol to Assess Patients With Chest Pain Symptoms Using Contemporary Troponins as the Only Biomarker: The ADAPT Trial. Prospective validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict patients with serious outcomes. A Comparison of Vasopressin and Epinephrine for Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome after Cardiac Arrest. A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation. A comparison of coronary angioplasty with fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Nasogastric Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012 Pubmed

Cardiology

Quinn, J et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

2006

Pubmed

Cardiology

Wenzel, V et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2004

Pubmed

Cardiology

Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Study Group

New England Journal of Medicine

2002

Pubmed

Cardiology

Wyse, DG et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2002

Pubmed

Cardiology

Andersen, HR et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2003

Pubmed

Gastrointestinal

Palamidessi,

Academic

2010

Pubmed

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aspiration and lavage in emergency department patients with hematochezia or melena without hematemesis. Transfusion strategies for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Omeprazole Before Endoscopy in Patients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Improved Outcomes in Patients with Acute Allergic Syndromes Who are Treated with Combined H1 and H2 Antagonists. The risk of catheterrelated bloodstream infection with femoral venous catheters as compared to subclavian and internal jugular venous catheters: A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. Antibiotic prophylaxis for mammalian bites.

Emergency Medicine

Gastrointestinal

Villanueva, C et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2013

Pubmed

Gastrointestinal

Lau, J et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2007

Pubmed

Immunology

Lin, R et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

2000

Pubmed

Infectious disease

Marik, PE et al

Critical Care Medicine

2012

Pubmed

Infectious disease

Medeiros, I and Saconato, H.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Critical Care

2001

Pubmed

Infectious

Wong, C et al

The LRINEC

2004

Pubmed

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(Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score: a tool for distinguishing necrotizing fasciitis from other soft tissue infections. Stiell, IG et al Decision Rules for the Use of Radiography in Acute Ankle Injuries. Intensive blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral haemorrhage trial (INTERACT): a randomised pilot trial. High risk clinical characteristics for subarachnoid haemorrhage in patients with acute headache: prospective cohort study. Validation and refinement of scores to predict very early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack. Worst Headache and Subarachinoid Hemorrhage: Prospective, Modern Computed Tomography and Spinal Fluid Analysis.

Medicine

Musculoskeletal

Journal of the American Medical Association Lancet

1993

Pubmed

Neuroscience

Anderson, CS et al

2008

Pubmed

Neuroscience

Perry, JJ et al

British Medical Journal

2010

Pubmed

Neuroscience

Johnston, SC et al

Lancet

2007

Pubmed

Neuroscience

Morgenstern, L et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

1998

Pubmed

Neuroscience

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rtPA Stroke Study Group.

Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke.

New England Journal of Medicine

1995

Pubmed

Neuroscience

Hacke, W et al

Thrombolysis with alteplase 3 to 4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke. Validation of a Prediction Rule for the Identification of Children With Intraabdominal Injuries After Blunt Torso Trauma. Identification of children at very low risk of clinicallyimportant brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. Single-dose oral dexamethasone in the emergency management of children with exacerbations of mild to moderate asthma. A Prospective Study of Recurrent Febrile Seizures. Relationship of spontaneous

New England Journal of Medicine

2008

Pubmed

Pediatrics

Holmes, J et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

2009

Pubmed

Pediatrics

Kuppermann, N et al

Lancet

2009

Pubmed

Pediatrics

Altamimi, S et al

Pediatric Emergency Care

2006

Pubmed

Pediatrics

Berg, AT et al

New England Journal of Medicine American Journal of

1992

Pubmed

Renal/ urology

Coll, DM et al

2002

Pubmed

passage of ureteral calculi to stone size and location as revealed by unenhanced helical CT. Renal/ urology Luchs, JS et al Utility of hematuria testing in patients with suspected renal colic: correlation with unenhanced helical CT results. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. Lactate clearance vs central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early sepsis therapy: a randomized clinical trial. Selective cervical spine radiography in blunt trauma: methodology of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS).

Roentgenology

Urology

2002

Pubmed

Resuscitation

Dellinger, RP et al

Critical Care Medicine

2013

Pubmed

Resuscitation

Rivers, E et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2001

Pubmed

Resuscitation

Jones, AE et al

Journal of the American Medical Association

2010

Pubmed

Trauma

Hoffman, JR et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

1998

Pubmed

Trauma

Bickell, WH et al

Immediate Versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries. The Canadian CSpine Rule for Radiography in Alert and Stable Trauma Patients. The Canadian CT Head Rule for patients with minor head injury. Prehospital Hypoxia Affects Outcome in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Indications for Computed Tomography in Patients with Minor Head Injury. Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

New England Journal of Medicine

1994

Pubmed

Trauma

Stiell, IG et al

Journal of the American Medical Association

2001

Pubmed

Trauma

Stiell, IG et al

Lancet

2001

Pubmed

Trauma

Chi, JH et al

Journal of Trauma

2006

Pubmed

Trauma

Haydel, MJ et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2000

Pubmed

Trauma

CRASH-2 trial collaborators

Lancet

2010

Pubmed

Trauma

Branney, SW et al

Critical Analysis of Two Decades of Experience with Postinjury Emergency Department Thoracotomy in a Regional Trauma Center. Effects of the Second National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study of HighDose Methylprednisolone Therapy on Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury-Results in Spinal Injuries Center. A national evaluation of the effect of traumacenter care on mortality. Quantitative Sensitivity of Ultrasound in Detecting Free Intraperitoneal Fluid. Emergency department bedside ultrasonographic measurement of the caval index for noninvasive determination of low central venous pressure.

Journal of Trauma

1998

Pubmed

Trauma

Tsutsumi, S et al

Spine

2006

Pubmed

Trauma

MacKenzie, EJ et al

New England Journal of Medicine

2006

Pubmed

Ultrasound

Branney, SW et al

Journal of Trauma

1995

Pubmed

Ultrasound

Nagdev, AD et al

Annals of Emergency Medicine

2010

Pubmed

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Emily: Thanks for compiling a list of ground breaking articles. Did you know about the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) www.BEEMSite.com BEEM has the only validated audience rating tool in emergency medicine continuing medical education. Worster et al. Consensus Conference Follow-up: Inter-rater Reliability Assessment of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) Rater Scale, a Medical Literature Rating Tool for Emergency Physicians. Acad Emerg Med Nov 2011. The BEEM rater score, to the best of our knowledge, is the only known measure of clinical relevance. It has a high interrater reliability and face validity and correlates with future citations. Carpenter et al. Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) Rater Scores Correlate With Publications Future Citations. Acad Emerg Med Oct 2013. Go to http://thesgem.com/beem/ to find out more. I am going to look through our database from 2005-2013 to see how many papers we have both covered. Good job, big effort, keep up the good work. Ken Milne

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a month ago

Emily, Thanks to you and your colleagues for putting together this list. I know it was hard to pare it down to just 52. Hopefully, someone will continue this list and update it when new landmark articles are published. Great job.
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Matt Astin 24 days ago

Dr Astin, Thanks for your post. It was hard to pare it down to 52! I'm planning on maintaining this list for the next several years to keep it up to date and reflective of new literature, and then setting up a sustainable way for the list to be maintained by other UW residents. Thanks for the nice comments, Emily
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a month ago

We'll keep a list over at WikEM: http://www.wikem.org/wiki/WikE... where you can keep tack of your notes to ensure long term learning.
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Dan 24 days ago

Great resource! I'll try to add some more articles to the list! Emily
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Niles h P at el

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This is awesome! Thank you!

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