Early Pressors vs. Fluids | Bicarb For IHCA

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 6-10, 2026.

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Monday’s Spoon Feed:

In this multicenter randomized trial of patients who presented to the emergency department with septic shock, a strategy of early vasopressor use with less fluid administration compared with later vasopressors with more fluids did not lead to a difference in days alive and out of the hospital at day 90.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:

In this randomized trial of patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, administration of sodium bicarbonate did not result in a difference in sustained ROSC, mortality, or favorable neurologic outcome.