Zworth Reading

This Week at a Glance

• ⭐Highlight of the Week: AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026)
• 📌Important EM Papers: Are high doses of naloxone required for nitazene overdoses?
• 📡FOAM Radar: Contrast Controversies: Contrast Media Reactions in Emergency Medicine
• 📋Guidelines Update: ACG Clinical Guideline: Colonic Diverticulitis
• 🔗Adjacent Specialties: Bat exposure and rabies — a fatal case
• ⚠️Methodology Flag: Sedation Early After Return of Spontaneous Circulation and During Pre-Hospital Transport After Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

This Week at a Glance

• ⭐Highlight of the Week: Ebola virus disease
• 🔬Practice-Changing EM: Vasopressors or Fluids in Early Septic Shock (ARISE FLUIDS)
• 📌Important EM Papers: Association of Rescue Breathing With Outcomes in Adult Suffocation-Related Cardiac Arrest
• 📡FOAM Radar: PulmCrit: Is oseltamivir assassinating ICU patients?
• 🔗Adjacent Specialties: Heart Failure Occurring in the Perinatal Period: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

This Week at a Glance

• ⭐Highlight of the Week: Cefazolin for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
• 📌Important EM Papers: Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Versus Consultative Echocardiography to Identify Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Emergency Department Patients With Pulmonary Embolism
• 📡FOAM Radar: Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Deep Vein Thrombosis
• 🔗Adjacent Specialties: Mechanical CPR Device Use and Cardiac Arrest Survival in EMS Agencies
• 🌐Major Journals Scan: Comparison of Intraosseous Line Placement Location and Rates of Return of Spontaneous Circulation and Survival to Discharge Among Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest