Sinai EM Journal Club

When I was preparing an M+M last fall, I came across this notable study called Management of Acute Undifferentiated Agitation in the ED: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial of Droperidol, Ziprasidone, and Midazolam . It’s by Martel et al (including Michelle Biros, who’s editor of Academic Emergency Medicine), and appeared in Academic Emergency Medicine in December 2005 (Vol 12, No 12, pp1167 – coincidentally, right after Dr. Richardson’s EMPATH study).

It’s a good study that we might otherwise overlook, because it came out on the eve of the ACEP guidelines for agitation management and thus, wasn’t included in that extensive lit review.

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In the growing backlog of articles and journal club presentations I’d like to write up, I came across this publication which was presented a few months back — Does End-tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Detect Respiratory Events Prior to Current Sedation Monitoring Practices? from Burton, Harrah, Germann and Dillon in Academic Emergency Medicine 2006; 13:500-504. My notes on the presentation have long since disappeared (I believe it was given by… Tim?) but my interest in the topic was rekindled after a recent M+M.

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