The American journal of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Can the new McGrath laryngoscope rival the GlideScope Ranger portable video laryngoscope? A randomized manikin study.
We hypothesized that novices would be able to use the McGrath MAC (Aircraft Medical Ltd, Edinburgh, UK) equally as well as the GlideScope Ranger (Verathon, Inc, Bothell, WA) for intubation in regular simulated airways. ⋯ The intubation performance of novices using the McGrath MAC was equal to their performance using the GlideScope Ranger in regular simulated airways.
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The objective of this study is to analyze the differences in clinical presentation and outcome of community-onset bacteremia between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults and HIV-uninfected adults visiting the emergency department (ED). ⋯ This study demonstrated that the clinical characteristics, the severity, and the character of bacteremia in HIV-infected and uninfected patients varied among community-onset bacteremic patients visiting the ED, despite the limited impact of HIV infection on short-term outcomes.
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Opioid overdose (OD) is the primary cause of death among drug users globally. Personal and social determinants of overdose have been studied before, but the environmental factors lacked research attention. Area deprivation or presence of addiction clinics may contribute to overdose. ⋯ The identified clusters of increased incidence-urban overdose hotspots-suggest a link between environment characteristics and overdoses. This highlights a need to establish overdose education and naloxone distribution in the overdose hotspots.