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The TRAUMOX2 Trial: Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen Strategies in Adult Trauma Patients

The TRAUMOX2 trial was an open-label pragmatic, international randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether a restrictive oxygen strategy targeting lower oxygen saturation reduces death and/or major respiratory complications compared with a liberal oxygen strategy in adult trauma patients.

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ResuscitationTrauma

REBEL Core Cast – DKA: Beyond the Basics Part 1 – The SQuID Protocol

In this episode of REBEL Cast, we dive into part one of our Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) series with a twist—subcutaneous insulin instead of the traditional IV drip. We explore the SQuID Protocol (Subcutaneous Insulin in DKA), which could potentially shift ...

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and Electrolytes

Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Emergency medicine physicians were trailblazers during the opioid epidemic, and now we have the same opportunity with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Treating AUD deserves the same attention we give to opioid overdose, diabetic ketoacidosis, or hypertensive emergencies. Even when alcohol ...

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Toxicology

Screening for Alcohol Use Disorder

Each year, about 1 in 7 men and 1 in 11 women in the United States meet criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD)—affecting nearly 29 million people, roughly the entire population of Texas. Patients with AUD face staggering health risks: ...

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Toxicology

REBEL Core Cast 143.0–Ventilators Part 3: Oxygenation & Ventilation — Mastering the Balance on the Ventilator

When you take the airway, you take the wheel and you now control the patient’s oxygenation and ventilation. In this REBEL Crit episode, Dr. Lodeserto and Dr. Acker walk through the physiology, ventilator strategies, and clinical curveballs that separate calm ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

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