New England Journal of Medicine – Emergency Medicine Results

Many countries rely on air-quality indices to inform the public and help protect people during short-term increases in air pollution. Their use has important societal and economic implications.
Author: Robert D. Brook, Sanjay Rajagopalan
Posted: June 25, 2026, 12:00 am
A 53-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with weight loss, progressive pain, and leg weakness. The glycated hemoglobin level was greater than 14.0%. A diagnosis was made.
Author: Rabih Geha, Nima Omid-Fard, Michaël C.C. Slama, Haatem M. Reda
Posted: June 25, 2026, 12:00 am
A 47-year-old man with heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction and an ICD for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death presented with an unheralded syncopal event, which had been captured by video surveillance at work.
Author: Michael Thomas Garcia, Alec Bijan Rezigh
Posted: June 25, 2026, 12:00 am
Hemorrhagic shock remains the leading cause of preventable death after injury.1 Over the past two decades, early administration of blood products has transformed care for patients with bleeding. The Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) trial2 established that among patients with severe trauma and...
Author: Susan E. Rowell, Selwyn O. Rogers Jr.
Posted: June 18, 2026, 12:00 am
Among patients with traumatic hemorrhage, prehospital transfusion of whole blood did not result in lower 30-day mortality than transfusion of plasma or red cells. Outcomes did not differ according to the storage age of blood.
Author: Jason L. Sperry, Francis X. Guyette, Bryan A. Cotton, James F. Luther, Richard B. Utarnachitt, Matthew E. Kutcher, Brian J. Daley, Allan B. Peetz, Mayur B. Patel, Michael D. Goodman, Jeffrey A. Claridge, Nimitt Patel, Brian G. Harbrecht, Zain G. Hashmi, Ryan Zarychanski, Matthew D. Neal, Mark H. Yazer, Christian Martin-Gill, Laura E. Vincent, Ashley M. Harner, David E. Meyer, Andrew J. Latimer, Bryce R. Robinson, Catherine L. McKnight, William R. Hinckley, Keith R. Miller, Jan O. Jansen, Douglas Martin, Erin E. Fox, Bedda L. Rosario-Rivera, Stephen R. Wisniewski, the TOWAR Study Group*
Posted: June 18, 2026, 12:00 am
Among patients with traumatic hemorrhage, prehospital whole-blood transfusion was not superior to standard transfusion with red-cell and plasma components in reducing the risk of death or massive transfusion.
Author: Jason E. Smith, Rebecca Cardigan, Emily Sanderson, Laura Silsby, Claire Rourke, Ed B.G. Barnard, Peter Basham, Grazia Antonacci, Richard Charlewood, Nikki Dallas, Jane Davies, Elizabeth Goodwin, Annie Hawton, Cara Hudson, Joanne Lucas, Katie Keen, Richard M. Lyon, Brodie Nolan, Gavin D. Perkins, Viona Rundell, Laura Smith, Simon J. Stanworth, Anne Weaver, Tom Woolley, Laura Green, the SWiFT Trial Group*
Posted: June 18, 2026, 12:00 am
The lack of vaccines and disease-specific therapeutics for Bundibugyo Ebola has dramatically affected the community’s perception of Ebola treatment centers. In this context, trust becomes critical.
Author: Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Laurent Bélec
Posted: June 17, 2026, 12:00 am
Among critically ill adults with metabolic acidosis receiving vasopressors in the ICU, sodium bicarbonate did not lead to a lower risk of major adverse kidney events within 30 days than placebo.
Author: The SODa-BIC Investigators and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group
Posted: June 12, 2026, 12:00 am
The authors review current strategies for anticoagulation reversal in major bleeding events or urgent surgery as well as specific antidotes, limits of available evidence, thrombotic risks, unmet therapeutic needs, and ongoing research.
Author: Bianca Rocca, Hugo ten Cate
Posted: June 11, 2026, 12:00 am
Among adults with septic shock, the use of restricted fluids and early vasopressors did not result in more days alive and out of the hospital through day 90 than the use of liberal fluids and later vasopressors.
Author: The ARISE FLUIDS Investigators, the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group, and the ACEM Clinical Trials Network
Posted: June 11, 2026, 12:00 am
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