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  • Clinical Practice Updates

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  • Established emergency medicine practices are being re-evaluated based on recent scientific literature.
  • Key areas include resuscitation, airway management, sepsis identification, cardiac diagnostics, pain management, and procedural care.

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  • To summarize and highlight significant 2016 publications proposing amendments to current emergency medicine protocols.
  • To inform clinicians about evidence-based changes in critical care practices.

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  • Review of selected articles published in 2016 concerning emergency medicine practices.
  • Analysis of findings related to mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, intubation, sepsis definitions, myocardial infarction diagnosis, renal colic treatment, and abscess management.

Main Results:

  • Amiodarone and lidocaine in mechanical CPR did not improve survival or neurological outcomes.
  • Apneic oxygenation significantly increased first-pass success in intubation.
  • Updated sepsis and septic shock definitions aid earlier patient identification.
  • High-sensitivity troponin algorithms enable earlier acute myocardial infarction differentiation.
  • Intramuscular NSAIDs provide sustained analgesia for renal colic.
  • Abscess cavity irrigation post-incision and drainage offers no added benefit.

Conclusions:

  • Evidence suggests modifying current practices regarding CPR drugs and abscess irrigation.
  • Updated definitions and diagnostic tools for sepsis and myocardial infarction improve patient care.
  • Apneic oxygenation and NSAIDs for renal colic represent valuable advancements in emergency care.