Highlights from this issue

ABSTRACT

Too much of a good thing Over the past decade safe oxygen prescribing in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) attending the emergency department has vastly improved. In the LoDED qualitative analysis (disclaimer I led this work and having had limited experience in qualitative work this was a challenge in terms of both delivery and write-up!) we explored the acceptability of very rapid discharge to both patients and clinicians (with an interesting juxtaposition) and highlight the importance of discharge communication. [...]in a systematic review and meta-analysis published this month by Squizzato and colleagues, which explores the diagnostic accuracy of inferior vena cava ultrasound for heart failure, the authors question its accuracy as a stand-alone test (mean specificity of 81.8%, in 7 studies including 591 patients in total).