Emergency Department

Key takeaways

• The median participant age was 14 months, and 67% of participants were male.
• Oral tolerance at 12 hours was 86% in both groups.
• The longer stay associated with pantoprazole requires cautious interpretation because this was a single-center trial.

Nursing implications

• Prioritize the ordered hydration and oral-tolerance plan, document ongoing emesis, and clarify the indication before administering empiric acid suppression.

Limitations & cautions

• Abstract-only summary. This was a single-center study of 100 children in Tehran, and the abstract does not describe adverse events or explain why hospitalization was longer in the pantoprazole group.
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Key takeaways

• Intraoperative rescue fentanyl use did not differ significantly between groups.
• Hypotension was more common with dexmedetomidine, while postoperative shivering was less common.
• Other in-hospital outcomes were similar between the two regimens.

Nursing implications

• During PACU and postoperative handoff, monitor pain, hemodynamics, sedation, and shivering according to the administered regimen and local protocol.

Limitations & cautions

• Abstract-only summary. The trial involved elective tumor craniotomy at five Indian centers, both groups also received locoregional analgesia, and the abstract does not provide longer-term outcome results in detail.
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Key takeaways

• Shortness of breath, abdominal pain, chest pain, weakness or fatigue, and extremity symptoms accounted for 59% of presentations.
• Age 85 or older, geriatric risk factors, polypharmacy, and shortness of breath were associated with admission.
• The authors called for structured evaluation, staff training, and geriatric-specific care pathways.

Nursing implications

• Pair the chief complaint with structured geriatric, medication, cognitive, functional, and physiologic assessment using local emergency protocols.

Limitations & cautions

• Abstract-only summary. This was a secondary observational analysis of seven-day samples collected during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic; associations do not prove causation and may not generalize to all emergency settings.
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Key takeaways

• Primary events occurred in 3.4% versus 3.0% with balanced fluid and saline, respectively (risk ratio 1.10; 95% CI 0.88-1.40).
• Hyperchloremia was reported in 31.4% versus 49.0%, respectively.

Nursing implications

• Keep fluid-type documentation and ordered monitoring clear; this result does not justify independently changing the resuscitation plan.

Limitations & cautions

• Abstract-only summary. A nonsignificant result does not prove equivalence. Findings concern children with suspected septic shock and abnormal perfusion.
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Key takeaways

• The multidisciplinary panel followed the American Academy of Neurology clinical-guideline process.
• Recommendations address when to start and how to choose preventive medication.
• The guideline considers comorbidities, older age, pregnancy and lactation, sex-related factors, and medication overuse.
• Treatment efficacy, adverse effects, and decisions about discontinuation are part of the recommended decision framework.

Nursing implications

• Reconcile acute and preventive migraine medicines, document headache frequency and functional burden, ask about overuse and adverse effects, and surface pregnancy, lactation, age, and relevant comorbidities to the prescribing team. Use the full guideline for drug-specific recommendations.

Limitations & cautions

• The PubMed abstract describes the guideline's scope but does not reproduce its individual recommendation statements, medication-specific cautions, or strength-of-recommendation ratings. This brief therefore does not identify a preferred drug or supply dosing guidance.
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Key takeaways

• The quantitative synthesis included 49 studies using standardized subjective-cognitive-decline criteria.
• Pooled APOE ε4 carrier prevalence was 28.3% with subjective cognitive decline and 22.0% with normal cognition.
• APOE ε4 carriage was more prevalent in mild cognitive impairment than in subjective cognitive decline.
• Age and education contributed to heterogeneity, so genotype alone does not establish an individual's diagnosis or trajectory.

Nursing implications

• Document the patient's reported cognitive change, onset, functional effects, medication concerns, mood, sleep, and collateral history when available. Escalate acute change urgently and route persistent concerns through the approved cognitive-evaluation pathway without treating APOE status as a diagnosis.

Limitations & cautions

• The analysis pooled heterogeneous cohorts, and age and education contributed to variation. Prevalence and association estimates do not show that APOE ε4 causes subjective decline or predict which individual will progress to mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
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Key takeaways

• The prospective study included 9,697 eligible older ED patients, but only 3,039 underwent ISAR screening.
• Recent hospitalization within six months was associated with 3-day ED revisits and readmissions.
• The reported odds ratios were 1.852 for an ED revisit and 2.290 for readmission.
• The study supports risk flagging, not using one question as a substitute for clinical assessment or disposition planning.

Nursing implications

• Ask older patients or caregivers about hospital stays during the previous six months and verify the history when possible. If present, incorporate it into the full risk assessment and communicate unresolved symptoms, medication changes, support gaps, or follow-up barriers.

Limitations & cautions

• This was a single-community-hospital study in Taiwan, and fewer than one-third of eligible patients were screened. The observational association does not prove that recent hospitalization causes return visits or that acting on the item alone prevents them.
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Key takeaways

• The score uses routinely available peri-intubation data to estimate ventilation beyond 48 hours.
• External-validation AUROCs ranged from 0.65 to 0.71, lower than several development and internal-validation estimates.
• The authors reported net benefit in decision-curve analyses, but no prospective impact on patient outcomes was tested.
• Ventilator settings in the model are predictors, not causal targets that should be changed to alter the score.

Nursing implications

• If the score is locally approved, enter peri-intubation data accurately and interpret the output alongside trajectory, diagnosis, frailty, ventilator response, and team assessment. Do not change ventilator settings to manipulate a prediction or use the score alone for treatment decisions.

Limitations & cautions

• The study was retrospective, discrimination was modest in external validation, and the model omitted potentially important factors such as diagnosis and frailty. Its clinical value and effect on patient outcomes have not been established prospectively.
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Key takeaways

• The ISTH document covers factor-concentrate use for bleeding in cardiac surgery, trauma, obstetric care, and organ transplantation.
• It reviews fibrinogen concentrate, prothrombin complex concentrate, recombinant activated factor VII, and factor XIII concentrate.
• The guidance incorporates evidence published since the prior 2018 ISTH guidance and evolving bleeding-management practice.
• Its pragmatic guidance is based on the available evidence and expert consensus; the abstract does not support a single universal regimen.

Nursing implications

• Activate the approved major-bleeding pathway, communicate the surgical context and evolving blood loss, obtain ordered coagulation testing promptly, and verify the exact product, dose, route, and monitoring plan before administration. Track response and complications through the local protocol.

Limitations & cautions

• The accessible PubMed abstract describes the guidance scope but does not list agent-specific indications, contraindications, doses, evidence certainty, or recommendation strength. Those details require review of the full guidance, and expert consensus contributes where evidence is limited.
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Key takeaways

• All 24 included studies were retrospective and most evaluated hospitalized adults using routinely collected structured data.
• Pooled sensitivity was 76.6% and specificity was 84.5%, with a summary ROC area of 0.87.
• At a pooled bloodstream-infection prevalence of 9.5%, positive predictive value was 34.2% and negative predictive value was 97.2%.
• The authors concluded that present accuracy is insufficient to solidly support clinical decision-making.

Nursing implications

• Treat an ML prediction as one data point. Continue the approved sepsis or bloodstream-infection assessment, obtain ordered cultures correctly, and escalate clinical deterioration or discordance between the patient and the model rather than allowing the score to replace judgment.

Limitations & cautions

• The evidence was retrospective, model architectures and populations varied, and heterogeneity was substantial at I2 of 74%. Predictive values depend on infection prevalence, and the abstract does not establish that using these models improves outcomes or antibiotic stewardship.
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Key takeaways

• The registry included 153 pregnancies from 27 Italian multiple-sclerosis centers; 77.1% followed ocrelizumab treatment.
• Overall outcomes included 80.4% live births and 13.1% spontaneous abortions, with no stillbirths or neonatal deaths reported.
• Spontaneous abortion occurred in 20.6% of pregnancies classified as exposed and 7.1% classified as not exposed by drug-specific timing windows.
• Disease activity was generally controlled, but the observational data do not establish comparative pregnancy safety.

Nursing implications

• Reconcile the exact anti-CD20 agent and last administration date, pregnancy timing, disease activity, infection history, and planned maternal and infant follow-up. Promptly communicate new neurologic, obstetric, or infection concerns through the coordinated care plan.

Limitations & cautions

• This observational registry had no untreated concurrent control, small numbers of rare safety events, and drug-specific exposure windows. Most pregnancies involved ocrelizumab, and comparison with general-population rates was contextual; the study cannot prove safety or causation.
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Key takeaways

• The meta-analysis included 13 randomized trials with 454 people with multiple sclerosis.
• Vestibular rehabilitation may improve balance, walking speed, walking endurance, and dizziness compared with control interventions.
• Pooled estimates also favored rehabilitation for fatigue and depression measures.
• Transfer ability, balance self-efficacy, and quality of life did not show significant between-group differences.

Nursing implications

• Assess dizziness, gait, transfer safety, fatigue, and recent falls; use the ordered mobility plan and assistive devices; and communicate persistent vestibular symptoms for rehabilitation evaluation. Reinforce the prescribed home program only after confirming technique and safety precautions.

Limitations & cautions

• The pooled evidence came from 13 small trials, comparator interventions varied, and certainty was generally low or very low. The abstract does not establish a single optimal rehabilitation protocol or sustained benefit after treatment ends.
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Key takeaways

• The study analyzed 916,904 acute-care visits among 372,140 adults across four Chicago health systems.
• Thirty-three clinically reportable diagnoses remained associated with extreme heat after the two-stage analysis.
• Associated categories included fluid-balance and renal disorders, dermatologic and pressure-related conditions, multiple sclerosis, and several injuries and external causes.
• The observed associations covered the day of heat exposure through the following three days and do not by themselves prove heat caused each diagnosis.

Nursing implications

• During and after extreme heat, ask about exposure, cooling access, hydration, medications, mobility, and symptom timing. Pair temperature and volume-status assessment with the presenting complaint, and escalate instability, altered mentation, severe hyperthermia, or organ dysfunction immediately.

Limitations & cautions

• This observational study used diagnosis codes and data from four Chicago health systems, so coding, local climate, and population differences limit generalizability. Associations cannot establish causation, and the abstract does not provide effect estimates for each retained diagnosis.
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Key takeaways

• Seven studies included 14,884 patients with recent ischemic stroke, nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, and large-artery atherosclerosis.
• Combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy did not significantly reduce recurrent ischemic stroke versus anticoagulation alone.
• All-cause mortality was not significantly different between strategies.
• Major bleeding was higher with combined therapy (RR 1.49, 95% CI 1.04 to 2.15).

Nursing implications

• During medication reconciliation, identify concurrent anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy, verify the documented indication and duration, assess for bleeding, and escalate discrepancies or new bleeding promptly. Do not independently stop either drug.

Limitations & cautions

• The meta-analysis combined randomized and observational evidence, so residual confounding and differences among studies remain possible. It addresses a specific population with stroke, atrial fibrillation, and large-artery atherosclerosis and does not cover every indication for combined therapy.
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Key takeaways

• The target-trial emulation included 28,920 veterans with influenza diagnosed in Veterans Health Administration emergency departments.
• Oseltamivir treatment within six hours of a positive test was associated with lower 10-day hospitalization risk.
• ICU admission was also less frequent in the treated group, while 30-day mortality was similar.
• The largest absolute hospitalization-risk reductions were observed in adults aged 65 years or older and when treatment was prescribed within three hours of diagnosis.

Nursing implications

• For a patient with confirmed influenza, communicate the result promptly, complete ordered antiviral screening and administration without avoidable delay, and reinforce dosing and return precautions. Escalate respiratory compromise or other signs of severe illness immediately.

Limitations & cautions

• This was an observational target-trial emulation rather than a randomized trial, so residual confounding is possible. The cohort was predominantly male and drawn from the Veterans Health Administration, limiting generalizability; mortality did not differ between groups.
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Key takeaways

• The analysis audited records for 884 ED patients with chest, abdominal, hip or limb pain, fever, or shortness of breath.
• A structured documentation approach increased from 77.1% before implementation to 93.5% afterward.
• Initial assessment documentation improved in quantity and quality across HIRAID elements.
• Median time from arrival to documentation did not change significantly between groups.

Nursing implications

• When HIRAID or a comparable approved framework is used locally, organize the initial record around history and infection risk, red flags, assessment, interventions, diagnostics, reassessment, and communication. Continue to document clinically important changes and escalation rather than treating the framework as a checklist alone.

Limitations & cautions

• The abstract reports documentation outcomes for selected ED presentations and does not establish that the documentation improvements alone caused better clinical outcomes. Results may depend on local implementation, training, and documentation systems.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 33 studies of nurse-delivered ED interventions for adults aged 65 years or older.
• Evaluated approaches included geriatric screening and assessment, specialist nurses, multidisciplinary teams, pathway changes, and discharge planning.
• Combining geriatric nurse specialists with multidisciplinary teams produced the most consistent benefits.
• Evidence for reducing ED revisits or hospital length of stay was inconsistent, and overall evidence quality was modest.

Nursing implications

• Use the approved geriatric screening and assessment pathway, identify functional or cognitive concerns and discharge risks, and communicate findings to the multidisciplinary team. Avoid assuming that one intervention will reliably prevent revisits or shorten hospitalization.

Limitations & cautions

• Evidence quality was modest, interventions and outcomes differed across 33 studies, and improvements in revisits and length of stay were inconsistent. The abstract does not support selecting one universal geriatric ED model.
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Key takeaways

• The double-blind trial included 779 eligible adults across 21 Danish hospitals.
• Sustained return of spontaneous circulation was 39% with bicarbonate and 37% with placebo, a nonsignificant difference.
• The trial did not show significant differences in 30-day survival or favorable neurologic outcome.
• Post-arrest alkalosis and hypernatremia were more common in the bicarbonate group.

Nursing implications

• During a code, use sodium bicarbonate only within the approved resuscitation algorithm or a specific clinical indication and order. After administration, communicate the dose and timing and monitor ordered acid-base and sodium results during post-arrest care.

Limitations & cautions

• The primary analysis excluded randomized patients later found ineligible, and the trial enrolled adults who had received at least one epinephrine dose in Danish hospitals. Confidence intervals for survival outcomes were wide, so the study does not exclude smaller benefits or harms in specific indications.
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Key takeaways

• The trial randomized 698 patients with active cancer and suspected acute pulmonary embolism.
• A YEARS strategy using clinical items, D-dimer, and risk-dependent CTPA met the prespecified noninferiority criterion.
• The YEARS pathway avoided immediate CTPA in 77 of 352 patients, or 22%.
• The proportion of negative CTPA results did not differ significantly between groups.

Nursing implications

• Recognize and escalate possible PE promptly, collect the clinical information and ordered D-dimer needed for the approved pathway, and verify whether the organization permits YEARS in active cancer. Do not use the trial to independently rule out PE or defer imaging outside protocol.

Limitations & cautions

• The study was open label, applied a prespecified noninferiority margin, and was conducted in 21 European hospitals. The result supports the tested pathway in eligible patients but does not validate unsupervised bedside use or every cancer population.
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Key takeaways

• The update included 15 randomized trials involving 4,971 participants.
• Synthetic versus biological patches probably made little or no difference in long-term stroke or death.
• Long-term ipsilateral stroke, any stroke, and restenosis outcomes also showed little or no clear difference, but certainty was low.
• Evidence for perioperative ipsilateral stroke, arterial rupture, and long-term pseudoaneurysm was very uncertain.

Nursing implications

• Confirm the operative details during handoff, perform ordered neurologic and vascular assessments, inspect the neck and incision, and promptly escalate new deficit, swelling, bleeding, airway concern, or perfusion change. Do not use patch material alone to infer a lower-risk recovery.

Limitations & cautions

• Many trials were small, events were uncommon, confidence intervals were wide, and some studies had design limitations. Certainty ranged from moderate for long-term stroke or death to very low for several perioperative and structural outcomes.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 16 randomized trials and 5,668 participants across trial cohorts.
• Galantamine and memantine showed small short-term improvements on selected cognitive scales.
• Functional, global, and other patient-important outcomes did not show consistent benefit.
• Most evidence was old, and support for several other medications came from single trials or very low-certainty findings.

Nursing implications

• Document baseline cognition and daily function, verify the indication and monitoring plan for prescribed therapy, watch for medication-specific adverse effects, and include patient and caregiver observations when evaluating whether treatment goals are being met.

Limitations & cautions

• Trials used different drugs and outcome scales, most were published in 2012 or earlier, and evidence for many interventions was sparse or non-poolable. Cognitive-score changes were short term and did not establish consistent functional or global benefit.
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Key takeaways

• Eleven studies evaluated paramagnetic rim lesions or the central vein sign in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis.
• Across seven studies, 71.6% of patients had at least one paramagnetic rim lesion.
• The pooled mean proportion of central-vein-sign-positive lesions was 57.9% across six studies.
• Comparative pediatric data were sparse, so these findings do not establish stand-alone diagnostic performance.

Nursing implications

• Document the patient's symptoms and prior neurologic history accurately, prepare families for ordered MRI procedures, and route questions about rim lesions or the central vein sign to the neurology team. Avoid presenting either marker as diagnostic by itself.

Limitations & cautions

• Only 11 studies were included, sample sizes differed by outcome, and comparative diagnostic-accuracy data were too limited for meta-analysis. Central-vein-sign thresholds showed substantial variability, limiting direct translation to individual patients.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 17 randomized trials with 1,396 participants after intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Pooled neurologic, motor, and activities-of-daily-living scores favored very early rehabilitation over later early rehabilitation.
• Evidence certainty was low for all outcomes and heterogeneity was substantial.
• Safety outcomes such as rebleeding, hemodynamic instability, and falls were inadequately reported for quantitative synthesis.

Nursing implications

• Before each ordered rehabilitation session, verify neurologic and hemodynamic stability and the current mobility level. Monitor symptoms and vital signs during activity, use fall precautions, and stop and escalate for new neurologic change, instability, or other protocol-defined concerns.

Limitations & cautions

• The pooled trials varied in rehabilitation timing and methods, showed substantial heterogeneity, and produced low-certainty evidence. Standardized reporting of rebleeding, hemodynamic instability, and falls was insufficient, so the review cannot define the safest universal start time.
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Key takeaways

• Forty-three randomized trials involving 1,628 people after stroke were included.
• Versus conventional therapy, brain-computer interface training may slightly improve upper-extremity motor function based on low-certainty evidence.
• Effects on activities of daily living were very uncertain, and lower-extremity motor function showed little to no difference in the conventional-therapy comparison.
• Risk of bias, small samples, imprecision, and possible publication bias lowered confidence across comparisons.

Nursing implications

• If brain-computer interface training is part of an ordered rehabilitation program, reinforce the individualized therapy plan and document tolerance, participation, function, and safety concerns. Avoid promising broad motor or daily-function recovery from the technology alone.

Limitations & cautions

• Evidence certainty ranged from low to very low. Many trials had unclear or high risk of bias, sample sizes were small, interventions and comparators varied, and adverse-event and activities-of-daily-living findings remained uncertain.
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Key takeaways

• The analysis included 550 patients from the BRIDGE-TNK trial, with 241 in the ASPECTS-below-8 subgroup and 309 in the ASPECTS-8-to-10 subgroup.
• In the lower-ASPECTS subgroup, functional independence was more frequent with tenecteplase plus thrombectomy than with thrombectomy alone.
• No functional improvement was detected in the higher-ASPECTS subgroup, where the mortality signal raised a possible safety concern.
• The authors explicitly require prospective randomized confirmation before changing practice.

Nursing implications

• Continue using the approved acute-stroke eligibility and medication pathway without independently applying this ASPECTS subgroup finding. Record treatment times, neurologic assessments, blood pressure, and bleeding concerns precisely and escalate changes immediately.

Limitations & cautions

• This was an exploratory post hoc subgroup analysis of a trial conducted in China, not a prospectively powered comparison by ASPECTS. Subgroup signals can be unstable, and the higher-ASPECTS mortality finding requires confirmation.
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Key takeaways

• The single-center trial randomized 124 physicians to no guide, a full Neurocritical Care Society guideline, or a symbol-supported one-page guide.
• The condensed guide improved adherence to side positioning and second-line antiseizure-drug administration in the simulated scenario.
• The trial found no significant differences in vital-sign checks or other evaluated interventions.
• Participants rated the condensed guide as more memorable, but the study did not measure real-patient outcomes.

Nursing implications

• During education, drills, or protocol review, test whether staff can rapidly find role-specific steps, medication sequences, and escalation points in the approved status-epilepticus aid. In an actual emergency, use the local algorithm and assigned roles without substituting a study tool for the organization's protocol.

Limitations & cautions

• This was a single-center simulation involving physicians, so results may not transfer to nurses, interprofessional teams, other guideline designs, or clinical emergencies. Only selected actions improved, and the trial did not evaluate seizure termination, complications, or patient outcomes.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 22 studies and 14,763 participants; 10 studies contributed odds ratios to the primary meta-analysis.
• Higher screen exposure was associated with greater migraine or headache odds, with a pooled odds ratio of 1.60.
• The association pointed in the same direction in adults and in pediatric or adolescent participants.
• GRADE certainty was low because exposure was largely self-reported and cross-sectional, with residual confounding and possible publication bias.

Nursing implications

• Ask about screen timing, duration, brightness, breaks, posture, sleep, and whether symptoms follow a reproducible pattern. Use a headache and exposure diary when it fits the care plan, and support individualized trigger management without presenting blanket screen avoidance as proven treatment.

Limitations & cautions

• The evidence was almost entirely cross-sectional, screen exposure was usually self-reported, heterogeneity was moderate, and Egger's test suggested possible small-study effects. Association does not establish direction or causality, and prospective intervention studies are needed.
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Key takeaways

• The review included seven randomized placebo-controlled trials and more than 12,000 hospitalized adults with traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Short-term mortality was not significantly reduced, with a pooled risk ratio of 0.93 and a 95% confidence interval reaching 1.00.
• Tranexamic acid did not improve functional independence or reduce the combined outcome of functional dependence or death.
• Rebleeding and thromboembolic events did not differ significantly, but rebleeding results had substantial between-study heterogeneity.

Nursing implications

• Use tranexamic acid only for the protocol-defined indication and ordered regimen, verify dose and timing, and continue serial neurologic, bleeding, and thromboembolic surveillance. Do not interpret the pooled finding as a reason to delay or independently change an indication-specific treatment plan.

Limitations & cautions

• The review pooled three clinically distinct conditions: traumatic brain injury, spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Aggregate results may not resolve timing-dependent or diagnosis-specific effects, and rebleeding estimates were heterogeneous and inconclusive.
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Key takeaways

• The review included seven placebo-controlled trials with 1,540 participants; five trials contributed to quantitative synthesis.
• In early disease, tavapadon improved the combined MDS-UPDRS Parts II and III score by 10.55 points versus placebo across two trials.
• In levodopa-treated participants with motor fluctuations, good ON-time increased by 1.09 hours per day across two trials.
• No outcome had high-certainty evidence, no trial used an active comparator, and no trial followed participants beyond 27 weeks.

Nursing implications

• For a prescribed selective D1/D5 partial agonist, establish baseline motor and functional status, track ON/OFF timing and falls, and assess nausea, dizziness, somnolence, behavior, and adherence. Escalate suspected adverse effects or functional decline without independently changing therapy.

Limitations & cautions

• Only five of seven trials entered quantitative synthesis, no outcome reached high certainty, no study used an active comparator, and follow-up did not exceed 27 weeks. Evidence for impulse-control disorders and somnolence was very low certainty, so an advantage over D2/D3 agonists remains untested.
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Key takeaways

• The cluster trial included 68 emergency nurses from two hospitals, with 34 nurses in each hospital-level group.
• The intervention delivered four 45- to 60-minute documentation sessions over four weeks using Gibbs' reflective model.
• Structural, content, and overall documentation change scores all favored the reflective-model training group at one month.
• The groups differed at baseline, and assigning only one hospital to each condition makes site effects difficult to separate from the training effect.

Nursing implications

• Within an approved education program, use de-identified cases to reflect on whether the record captures assessment, timing, interventions, response, escalation, and disposition. Pair training with a consistent audit tool and feedback process, and correct omissions according to documentation policy.

Limitations & cautions

• Only two hospitals were randomized, one to each condition, and the groups had significant baseline differences. Follow-up was limited to one month, the study included 68 nurses in one region of Iran, and it did not report patient-safety or clinical outcomes.
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Key takeaways

• The review synthesized 13 studies of prehospital whole-blood use in adult hemorrhagic shock.
• Physiologic measures, including shock index and shock reversal, generally favored whole blood over standard strategies.
• A consistent mortality reduction was not demonstrated across the included studies.
• Subgroup survival signals are hypothesis-generating and do not establish which patients should receive whole blood.

Nursing implications

• During trauma handoff, capture the product, volume, timing, warming method, response, and suspected transfusion reactions. Continue the hemorrhage pathway, trend perfusion and bleeding, obtain ordered samples without delaying resuscitation, and coordinate blood-bank and massive-transfusion communication.

Limitations & cautions

• The 13 studies were heterogeneous and mortality findings varied. The abstract does not report a pooled overall mortality estimate or establish causal benefit, and favorable subgroup findings may be affected by selection, protocol, and survivorship differences.
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Key takeaways

• The review pooled individual participant data from four randomized trials involving 2,944 adults with prior spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Intensive blood-pressure lowering reduced first recurrent stroke, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.62 compared with control.
• The reduction was driven mainly by fewer recurrent intracerebral hemorrhages, and no excess of serious adverse events was identified.
• Treatment effects were consistent across prespecified subgroups, but the analysis does not supply one bedside target for every patient.

Nursing implications

• At transition and follow-up, reconcile antihypertensives, confirm the prescribed blood-pressure goal and home-monitoring plan, assess barriers to adherence, and use teach-back for stroke warning signs and when to contact the care team. Escalate symptomatic hypotension, persistent out-of-range readings, or new neurological findings.

Limitations & cautions

• Only four eligible trials contributed individual participant data, participants were predominantly Asian, and the included trials used different treatment strategies and targets. The meta-analysis supports long-term blood-pressure lowering but does not define one medication regimen or target for every survivor.
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Key takeaways

• The multicenter open-label, blinded-endpoint trial randomized 433 adults with anterior-circulation large-vessel occlusion at eight stroke centers.
• Individualized management targeted mean arterial pressure within 10% of the first pre-thrombectomy measurement; standard management targeted systolic pressure from 140 to 180 mm Hg.
• Favorable 90-day function occurred in 44.2% and 48.8% of participants, respectively, without a statistically significant difference.
• Mortality and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage did not differ significantly between groups.

Nursing implications

• During thrombectomy care, verify the prescribed blood-pressure target and vasoactive plan, use correctly sized and positioned monitoring equipment, and document readings alongside medications and procedural events. Escalate sustained deviation, hypotension, hypertension, or neurological deterioration promptly.

Limitations & cautions

• The open-label trial was conducted at eight French academic stroke centers, and the groups had similar achieved blood-pressure levels and variability, limiting separation between strategies. It studied anterior large-vessel occlusion during thrombectomy and does not define targets before or after the procedure or for other stroke populations.
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Key takeaways

• Sixteen comparative observational studies included 31,543 emergency patients aged 65 years or older.
• Pooled delirium prevalence was approximately 10%.
• Baseline cognitive impairment or dementia was associated with delirium, with a pooled odds ratio of 1.90.
• Advanced age and medication-related exposures were also associated, but several pooled domains had substantial heterogeneity.

Nursing implications

• Obtain collateral baseline cognition and function when possible, complete the approved delirium assessment, and review medication exposure and acute contributors when an older patient changes. Escalate acute or fluctuating findings while maintaining safety, orientation, sensory support, and observation needs.

Limitations & cautions

• All included studies were observational, adjusted estimates were not available for every factor, and substantial heterogeneity affected several domains. Functional dependence and emergency-process factors were not statistically significant in pooled analyses, and associations cannot establish that a risk marker caused delirium.
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Key takeaways

• The multicenter trial enrolled 1,840 mechanically ventilated adults who remained unresponsive after cardiac-arrest resuscitation.
• Survival with a favorable 180-day functional outcome was 38.2% with conservative oxygen and 39.7% with liberal oxygen.
• The relative risk was 0.97 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.87 to 1.09.
• The trial compared specific oxygen protocols and does not support changing an individual patient's ordered targets without the treating team's direction.

Nursing implications

• Confirm the ordered post-arrest saturation range and oxygen-titration plan at handoff, trend oxygenation with ventilation and neurological findings, and document changes in support. Escalate hypoxemia, ventilator problems, or acute neurological or hemodynamic change through the unit pathway.

Limitations & cautions

• The trial studied unresponsive, mechanically ventilated adults in ICUs in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland using two specific oxygen protocols. It does not establish the best target for patients outside those criteria, and the primary-outcome denominators were lower than the numbers assigned to each group.
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Key takeaways

• Thirteen studies from six countries met criteria for full economic evaluations of virtual versus usual emergency care.
• Video consultation was the most common model, appearing in 11 of the 13 studies.
• Six studies found virtual care dominant, meaning less costly and more effective within their evaluated setting.
• Transfer avoidance drove much of the economic benefit, while evidence for length of stay and mortality remained low certainty.

Nursing implications

• When using an approved virtual emergency pathway, document the remote clinician, assessment, communication, disposition, and escalation criteria. Reassess during any wait, confirm transfer readiness when needed, and report technology or access barriers that delay care.

Limitations & cautions

• Only 13 heterogeneous economic evaluations were included, settings and modalities differed, and the review used narrative rather than pooled economic synthesis. The results may not transfer to health systems with different staffing, technology, geography, and transfer costs, and evidence certainty was low for emergency-department length of stay and mortality.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 5,041 patients treated endoscopically and 3,180 treated with catheter-based approaches.
• Pooled mortality and rebleeding associations favored endoscopic evacuation in the overall analysis.
• Overall complications and infection were similar, while catheter-based approaches had lower intraoperative blood loss.
• Functional outcomes conflicted across scales, and predominantly nonrandomized evidence prevents a causal treatment conclusion.

Nursing implications

• Document the operative approach and ordered targets, then trend neurological examination, level of consciousness, pupils, blood pressure, airway and respiratory status, and drain or access-site findings. Escalate acute change through the neurocritical pathway.

Limitations & cautions

• The review pooled mostly nonrandomized studies, several outcomes had substantial heterogeneity, catheter techniques varied, and functional measures did not agree. Selection bias and strategy differences may explain part of the observed mortality and rebleeding associations.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 30 articles evaluating interventions initiated after an emergency-department fall presentation.
• Interventions were associated with a lower fall rate, with a pooled rate ratio of 0.69.
• The pooled odds of being a recurrent faller were not significantly reduced.
• Interventions and outcomes varied considerably across studies.

Nursing implications

• Use the approved older-adult fall pathway to assess injury, mobility, cognition, medications, home risks, and support needs. Confirm referrals and follow-up before discharge, teach return precautions and prevention steps, and communicate unresolved risks to the receiving clinician or service.

Limitations & cautions

• Interventions, study designs, and outcome definitions varied, and heterogeneity for fall incidence was very high. Several secondary outcomes were not statistically significant, so the review does not identify one universally effective ED program.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 72 observational studies and 9,915 adults with clinically isolated syndrome.
• Multiple MRI lesion locations were associated with subsequent multiple-sclerosis diagnosis.
• Oligoclonal bands and cerebrospinal-fluid pleocytosis were also associated with later diagnosis.
• Younger age and a multifocal initial presentation were additional associated factors.

Nursing implications

• Document new or changing neurologic symptoms, confirm the imaging, laboratory, and specialist follow-up plan, and reinforce when the patient should seek urgent reassessment. Use clear language that associated risk markers inform specialist evaluation but do not independently confirm multiple sclerosis.

Limitations & cautions

• The meta-analysis pooled observational studies with varied populations, testing, follow-up, and diagnostic eras. Odds ratios describe associations rather than personal absolute risk, and the abstract does not provide pooled heterogeneity or certainty estimates for every predictor.
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Key takeaways

• The review included 35 studies, with 24 studies and 2,418 patients contributing to quantitative synthesis.
• Depression scores showed a small pooled improvement after chronic neuromodulation.
• Overall cognitive performance did not show a significant decline across the three modalities.
• Anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation had the most frequent reported neuropsychiatric adverse events, particularly early in follow-up.

Nursing implications

• At baseline and follow-up, use the approved mood, cognition, seizure, and device-assessment workflow; compare changes with the patient's usual function and caregiver observations. Escalate suicidal thinking, marked mood or behavior change, cognitive decline, seizure worsening, or device concerns promptly.

Limitations & cautions

• The included studies varied by neuromodulation modality, design, outcome measure, and follow-up duration, and subgroup findings do not prove one device is superior. Pooled group averages may obscure individual adverse effects, and the abstract does not provide certainty ratings for each outcome.
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Key takeaways

• The open-label trial randomized 1,000 adults with migraine and patent foramen ovale across 39 centers in China; 984 were included in the full analysis set.
• Aspirin, clopidogrel, and rivaroxaban were each non-inferior to metoprolol for the prespecified migraine responder outcome.
• Rivaroxaban produced a 78.4% responder rate versus 61.8% with metoprolol.
• No major bleeding events occurred, but the 12-week trial does not establish longer-term comparative safety.

Nursing implications

• When caring for a patient enrolled in a clinician-directed antithrombotic plan, reconcile the exact agent and indication, complete ordered bleeding and medication-safety assessments, and reinforce prescribed follow-up. Escalate bleeding, new neurologic symptoms, pregnancy concerns, or medication discrepancies promptly.

Limitations & cautions

• Treatment was open label, follow-up lasted 12 weeks, and participants with previous stroke, transient ischemic attack, intracranial hemorrhage, or medication contraindications were excluded. The trial was conducted in China and compared active treatments without a placebo group, limiting generalizability and long-term safety conclusions.
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Key takeaways

• The single-center cohort compared three sequential medication-care models in 351 pediatric emergency presentations.
• At least one medication error was identified in 70.6% with usual care, 50.8% with early pharmacist history, and 5.8% with partnered charting.
• The partnered model improved medication reconciliation, dosing-weight documentation, and allergy review.
• Median length of stay was 3.3 days with usual care and 2.3 days with partnered charting.

Nursing implications

• At pediatric admission or transfer, verify the measured dosing weight, medication and allergy history, and reconciliation status. Use closed-loop communication to resolve discrepancies with the pharmacist and prescriber before administration whenever the clinical situation allows.

Limitations & cautions

• This retrospective study compared sequential time periods rather than concurrent randomized groups, so staffing, workflow, documentation, or other temporal changes may explain part of the association. It was conducted at one Australian tertiary pediatric hospital and did not establish the same effect in other settings.
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Key takeaways

• The parallel randomized trial compared a staged nursing pathway with usual care in older adults with acute ischemic stroke, dysphagia, and post-pyloric tubes.
• Seven-day feeding intolerance was lower with the pathway (adjusted RR 0.61, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.81).
• Patients reached at least 80% of their energy target sooner, and aspiration-related pneumonia risk was lower (adjusted RR 0.54).
• The measured feeding and tube safety outcomes did not differ significantly between groups.

Nursing implications

• For eligible stroke patients receiving post-pyloric feeding, use the facility-approved tolerance and aspiration-risk assessments, document trends and delivered nutrition, and escalate intolerance or respiratory changes through the ordered pathway. Do not generalize the trial to other feeding routes or populations without local review.

Limitations & cautions

• This was a single-center trial limited to older adults with acute ischemic stroke, dysphagia, and post-pyloric tubes. The abstract does not report the enrollment size, blinding, longer-term outcomes, or whether the pathway transfers to other settings, ages, diagnoses, or feeding routes.
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Key takeaways

• Twenty-three NHS hospitals contributed 250 outside-operating-theatre emergency intubations, including 233 rapid-sequence inductions.
• Severe hypotension affected 24 of 219 patients with a recorded post-induction blood pressure.
• Severe hypoxia affected 14 of 221 patients with recorded oxygen saturation, and 6 of 233 patients had a post-induction cardiac arrest.
• Among patients without a pre-emptive vasopressor, 40 of 105 later required vasopressor administration.

Nursing implications

• Before an emergency intubation, use the local checklist to confirm monitoring, suction, oxygenation, vascular access, and resuscitation readiness and clarify team roles. Capture blood pressure and oxygenation promptly after induction and escalate deterioration through the airway protocol.

Limitations & cautions

• This was an observational convenience sample and service evaluation rather than a randomized comparison, so it cannot establish that a specific drug or dose caused an adverse event. Some post-induction vital signs were missing, and findings from 23 UK hospitals may not transfer to other systems.
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Key takeaways

• The trial compared tai chi, combined resistance-stretching exercise, and a third arm over 14 weeks in stage 2–3 Parkinson disease.
• Both exercise groups showed statistically significant, potentially clinically meaningful improvement in total motor scores.
• Tai chi favored endurance, motor control, and balance; resistance-stretching favored strength and functional fitness.
• The two exercise groups did not differ significantly on freezing-of-gait scores.

Nursing implications

• Reinforce the prescribed exercise or rehabilitation plan, assess fall risk and tolerance, and document changes in gait, balance, strength, endurance, and daily function. Coordinate concerning symptoms or unsafe participation with the rehabilitation and neurology teams.

Limitations & cautions

• The abstract does not report group sizes, the third arm's details, adverse events, adherence, or outcomes beyond the 14-week intervention. The findings apply to the studied stage 2–3 population and do not identify one best exercise plan for an individual patient.
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Key takeaways

• The analysis evaluated thrombolysis initiated more than 4.5 hours after last known well in imaging-selected or otherwise trial-eligible patients.
• Excellent and good functional outcomes at 90 days favored thrombolysis across the pooled evidence.
• Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage increased, although any hemorrhage and all-cause mortality were similar between groups.
• The findings apply to selected trial populations and do not replace local eligibility, imaging, contraindication, or treatment protocols.

Nursing implications

• Activate the stroke pathway without excluding a patient solely because more than 4.5 hours have elapsed. Capture the timing and eligibility data required by the local protocol, then perform the prescribed neurologic, blood-pressure, and bleeding surveillance if thrombolysis is ordered.

Limitations & cautions

• The meta-analysis combined randomized trials and individual-patient-data meta-analyses with different agents, time windows, imaging strategies, vascular territories, and use of endovascular treatment. Selection criteria were trial-specific, and pooled findings do not define eligibility or treatment for an individual patient.
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Key takeaways

• Ten publications included 1,045 patients with 1,368 acute MOGAD attacks.
• Eight studies contributed data for meta-analysis, including 710 patients and 1,033 attacks.
• Plasmapheresis was associated with visual improvement in optic neuritis and favorable recovery in other attack presentations.
• High heterogeneity, variable timing and severity, and the absence of randomized comparisons limit treatment-effect and safety conclusions.

Nursing implications

• Document the neurologic and visual baseline before treatment when feasible, follow the ordered plasmapheresis monitoring pathway, and trend the same clinical domains across exchanges. Escalate deterioration, treatment intolerance, or new symptoms promptly through the neurology and apheresis teams.

Limitations & cautions

• The evidence came from heterogeneous, nonrandomized studies with differences in attack type, severity, prior treatment, plasmapheresis timing, and outcome definitions. Recovery estimates had wide intervals, confounding by treatment selection is likely, and a low pooled adverse-effect rate cannot establish comparative safety.
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Key takeaways

• Ten experimental or quasi-experimental studies evaluated nurse-led interventions for fatigue after stroke.
• Interventions included psychosocial approaches, physical activity, and self-management strategies and were usually delivered individually.
• The review reported beneficial effects and highlighted proactive fatigue assessment in rehabilitation nursing.
• Methodological concerns, including blinding and study-design limitations, reduce confidence and prevent selection of a single best approach.

Nursing implications

• Include fatigue in routine stroke recovery assessment, document its timing and effect on function, and screen for clinical contributors through the established care pathway. Coordinate individualized activity pacing, education, and referrals rather than applying a single intervention package to every survivor.

Limitations & cautions

• The review included only 10 studies, mixed experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and noted methodological concerns involving blinding and study design. The abstract provides no pooled effect size, comparison of specific intervention components, or detailed durability data, so the relative effectiveness of psychosocial, activity, and self-management approaches remains uncertain.
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Key takeaways

• The prospective validation included 472 encounters at two pediatric emergency departments, and 11.7% involved medication for agitation or physical or mechanical restraint.
• The five-item nurse-completed score showed moderate discrimination, with an area under the curve of 0.72.
• Agitation requiring intervention increased across score levels, reaching 31.8% at a score of 4 and 36.0% at 5.
• Low scores had a high negative predictive value but poor specificity, so the score is better used as one input to safety planning than as a stand-alone rule.

Nursing implications

• If the BRACHA-S is part of the local workflow, complete it alongside the full behavioral and safety assessment, communicate elevated scores during handoff, and start protocol-directed de-escalation and environmental planning early. Reassess when behavior or clinical status changes rather than relying on the arrival score alone.

Limitations & cautions

• This was an observational prognostic study at two pediatric emergency departments. The outcome combined medication and restraint use, which may reflect local practice as well as patient behavior. Discrimination was moderate, the positive predictive value for high scores remained about one third, and the abstract does not establish whether using the score improves safety or reduces restrictive interventions.
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Key takeaways

• The analysis included 5,168 patients across 18 randomized trials of thrombolysis given 4.5 to 24 hours after acute ischemic stroke.
• Excellent 90-day recovery increased from 33.2% with control to 40.3% with thrombolysis in the pooled analysis.
• Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage increased from 1.4% to 3.2%, while 90-day mortality was not significantly different.
• Eleven trials required advanced imaging selection, and thrombectomy availability contributed substantially to heterogeneity.

Nursing implications

• Activate the stroke pathway promptly even when onset is beyond 4.5 hours, document last known well and eligibility information accurately, and expedite protocol-directed imaging and specialist review. After treatment, follow the ordered neurologic, blood-pressure, access-site, and bleeding monitoring schedule and escalate any deterioration immediately.

Limitations & cautions

• Trials differed in thrombolytic agents, imaging selection, stroke territory, severity, and access to thrombectomy. Most participants were selected for favorable imaging rather than treated solely by clock time, and trial-level meta-regression cannot remove all confounding. The findings should not be generalized to unselected patients or used to choose reperfusion therapy without a stroke specialist and local protocol.
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Key takeaways

• The systematic review included 12 ICU studies but could not pool results because methods and outcomes differed.
• Sensitivity ranged from 64% to 100%, while specificity ranged from 0% to 95%.
• Multiple qEEG trends and patient-specific confirmed-seizure templates tended to improve screening performance.
• Low specificity and positive predictive value mean suspected events still require expert raw-EEG review.

Nursing implications

• Use qEEG only within a facility-approved neuromonitoring workflow and apply the display patterns and escalation thresholds taught for that system. When a concerning trend appears, document the timing and clinical context and prompt qualified review of the corresponding raw EEG rather than treating the screen as a diagnosis.

Limitations & cautions

• Only 12 heterogeneous studies were eligible, preventing meta-analysis. qEEG trends, reviewer training, seizure definitions, and outcomes varied, and some studies had patient-selection bias concerns. The very broad sensitivity and specificity ranges limit generalization to a particular ICU or display system.
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Key takeaways

• The Bayesian synthesis included 10 randomized trials and 1,601 adults undergoing stroke thrombectomy.
• Successful reperfusion was higher with general anesthesia than with non-general-anesthesia strategies.
• The functional-independence estimate favored general anesthesia, but its 95% credible interval included no difference.
• Intraoperative hypotension was substantially more frequent with general anesthesia, while mortality did not differ clearly.

Nursing implications

• Do not treat the anesthesia strategy as a bedside nursing choice. During the approved thrombectomy pathway, maintain time-sensitive preparation, closely trend blood pressure and neurologic status, and promptly communicate hypotension or deterioration to the stroke and anesthesia teams.

Limitations & cautions

• The trials were open label and used heterogeneous non-general-anesthesia comparators. The Bayesian functional-independence estimate favored general anesthesia, but its credible interval included no difference, and pneumonia also trended higher without a conclusive credible interval. Confirmatory evidence is still needed.
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Key takeaways

• The review included nine randomized trials and 4,381 adults after thrombolysis or endovascular thrombectomy.
• Intensive systolic targets below 160 mmHg did not produce a clinically meaningful functional benefit.
• Any intracranial hemorrhage was similar with intensive and conventional management.
• Intensive management probably increased all-cause mortality, with a pooled risk ratio of 1.19.

Nursing implications

• Use the prescribed post-reperfusion target and the facility's stroke protocol rather than treating a lower systolic pressure as automatically better. Pair blood-pressure surveillance with neurologic reassessment and promptly communicate out-of-range values or clinical deterioration to the stroke team.

Limitations & cautions

• The intensive targets varied across trials, including thresholds below 120, 140, and 160 mmHg; seven studies involved thrombectomy and two involved thrombolysis. Studies were mainly from upper-middle- and high-income countries, and certainty ranged from high to very low across outcomes.
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Key takeaways

• The trial included 3,869 patients with suspected non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome across 12 hospitals and five countries.
• The intervention standardized high-sensitivity troponin T testing at baseline and 1 hour.
• Thirty-day major adverse cardiac events were 1.4% with the pathway and 1.7% with usual care, meeting the trial's noninferiority criterion.
• Emergency-department discharge increased from 35% to 60%, although three 30-day events occurred among 941 patients classified as low risk.

Nursing implications

• ED teams can use the findings when evaluating a locally approved 0/1-hour high-sensitivity troponin T pathway with clear eligibility, timing, interpretation, and escalation rules. The study does not support substituting a single result for the full protocol or applying its cutoffs to a different assay without validation.

Limitations & cautions

• This was a stepped-wedge cluster trial rather than individual randomization and used high-sensitivity troponin T in Asian emergency departments. Transfer to other populations, assays, cutoffs, and workflows requires local validation, and a small number of 30-day events still occurred among patients classified as low risk.
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Key takeaways

• The study compared nurse triage with a blinded physician reference standard across 2,584 systematically sampled adult ED records.
• Exact agreement was 85.3%, with good overall weighted agreement and only 0.4% severe mismatches.
• Undertriage occurred in 12%, compared with 3% overtriage, and red-case sensitivity was 79%.
• Trauma and alert presentation were independent predictors of an incorrect nurse-assigned triage category.

Nursing implications

• The undertriage signal supports focused review of trauma presentations, ambulatory bias, and reassessment practices where appropriate. It does not validate this modified protocol for every ED or replace the facility's triage scale, reassessment rules, required competencies, or clinical judgment.

Limitations & cautions

• This was a retrospective, single-center study of a modified local protocol over three months in India. The expert reference raters had a quadratic-weighted kappa of 0.61 before adjudication, and the cross-sectional design cannot show that training or decision-support changes would improve triage accuracy or patient outcomes.
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Key takeaways

• The network meta-analysis included 24 randomized controlled trials, 8,014 adults, and 11 difficult-access interventions.
• Ultrasound guidance improved both first-attempt and overall cannulation success compared with standard practice.
• Local warming improved first-attempt success and reduced procedure time and pain, but its evidence base was more limited.
• The sparse comparison network and its transitivity assumption limit certainty about intervention rankings.