January 2018

In pediatric patients with respiratory distress, failure of intubation on the first attempt was associated with increased risk of arrest.

It was a big job for ALiEM to come up with the list of 52 landmark articles you need to know as an Emergency Physician.  But it's an even bigger job to sit down and read them.  In fact, most of us just won't be able to find the time to do it.  Because they are so important to know, I wanted to make it easier to get the gist of these articles.  So each Saturday in 2017, I briefly summarized one of these key articles.  For your convenience, here are the links and excerpts for each of the 52 in 52 article summaries in one place.  Enjoy.  And please share this with a friend.  Special thanks to Dr. Michelle Lin for allowing me to partner with ALiEM and use the combined logos.

It was a great refresher to go back over the articles we covered in 2017.  There were so many groundbreaking and practice changing articles. We have hand-picked some of our favorites.