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The curriculum was implemented between Match Day and the first day of internship in 2018. Interns completed a post-survey that reassessed comfort and elicited feedback on the curriculum. Results: All 36 interns completed the pre-survey and 26 completed the post-survey (Table1). Participants reported a statistically significant increase in comfort with identifying airway anatomy and physiology (p = 0.01). Mean comfort increased, but was statistically significant for all other objectives. Sixteen of 26 post-survey participants agreed that Slack was an effective way to present the curriculum, and only five disagreed (Figure1). Conclusion: When presented prior to the start of residency, the curriculum significantly increased self-reported intern comfort with one EM learning objective. A majority of interns felt that Slack was an effective way to present the curriculum. Limitations included small sample size, possibly hindering detection of statistically significant changes. Interns who found the curriculum less useful may have been less likely to complete the post-survey. This study was not designed to measure improvements in clinical knowledge. Future directions will address these issues.

The search strategy identified 237 new references since the 2006 review, 1 of which 2 new studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. These were added to 5 studies from the existing review, resulting in 7 total studies comprising 622 participants. Six studies were conducted with adults and one study was conducted with pediatric patients. Verapamil was used in all studies, although one study had both a verapamil and a diltiazem treatment arm.

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Among patients with influenza pneumonia, corticosteroids are associated with increased mortality, longer length of stay in the ICU, and higher rates of secondary infection, although there are no data from randomized trials.

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