Episode 23

Safety in PTA Drainages | Drinking Bleach

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 1-6, 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.


Monday Spoon Feed:

In this retrospective study of 74 peritonsillar abscess (PTA) patients, there were no instances of inadvertent carotid puncture.


Tuesday Spoon Feed:

Ingesting household bleach rarely causes esophageal or gastric injury in children, making routine endoscopy unnecessary in most cases.

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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!