Episode 10

TBI Biomarkers | Saline In The Cocktail

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 2-6, 2026.

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’s Spoon Feed:

Combined elevation in two blood biomarkers (GFAP and UCH-L1) showed high sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) for positive findings on head CT in anticoagulated patients with mild traumatic brain injury but were not helpful at identifying who would develop post-concussive syndrome.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:

In this randomized controlled trial, adding 1 liter of IV normal saline to intramuscular diclofenac for acute migraine in the ED did not significantly improve pain relief at 2 hours compared with diclofenac alone.

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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!