Episode 12

Intermediate PE Interventions | Tube In The Pharynx For CICO

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 17-21, 2025.

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Wednesday Spoon Feed:

In a RCT of 550 patients with intermediate-risk PE, those who received large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT) were less likely to suffer clinical decompensation than those who received catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT).


Thursday Spoon Feed:

Patients with potentially difficult airways were oxygenated and ventilated in the operating room via an endotracheal tube in the pharynx, which could be applied to a ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate (CICO)’ scenario.

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Nicholas Zelt

The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Clay Smith

Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!