Journal update monthly top five

This month’s update is by the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Emergency Department in Scotland. We used a multimodal search strategy, drawing on free open-access medical education resources and literature searches. We identified the five most interesting and relevant papers (decided by consensus) and highlight the main findings, key limitations and clinical bottom line for each paper.

The papers are ranked as:

Worth a peek—interesting, but not yet ready for prime time.

Head turner—new concepts.

Game changer—this paper could/should change practice.