December 2019
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Dec 16 2019
Managing Acute Severe Hypertension
Spoon Feed We need to know hypertension and be expert in not only management of emergency but urgency as well. Here is a quick review for you.Read More -
Dec 13 2019
Does IV Contrast Cause AKI in Critically Ill Patients?
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Use of low osmolar IV contrast in critically ill patients did not appear to increase risk of acute kidney injury.Read More -
Dec 12 2019
Do Afebrile CAP Patients Need Blood Cultures?
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Presence or absence of fever at the time of presentation should not determine whether or not blood cultures are obtained in patients with community acquired pneumonia.Read More -
Dec 11 2019
Guidelines for Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeding
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">These guidelines for nonvariceal upper GI bleeding are important for us to know from start to finish.Read More -
Dec 10 2019
Medication Assisted Treatment in a Community Emergency Dept.
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In this community ED, patients were given immediate buprenorphine and rapid outpatient follow up at a substance abuse treatment facility. This led to high rates of follow up and appeared feasible in this setting.Read More -
Dec 09 2019
Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies and COI
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This is a helpful summary of anticoagulant reversal agents. However, recommendations were largely based on expert opinion, with a significant number of conflicts of interest disclosed by the authors.Read More -
Dec 06 2019
Propofol, Etomidate, and Brugada
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A propofol bolus for induction did not induce ECG changes compared to etomidate, nor did either agent induce arrhythmias upon induction.Read More -
Dec 05 2019
Rapid Assessment Zone – No Triage
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A rapid assessment zone of ambulatory patients without initial traditional triage resulted in significant patient flow improvements.Read More -
Dec 04 2019
POCUS for Abscess – How Accurate Is It?
Spoon Feed Point of care ultrasound was accurate for diagnosis of skin abscess, but the results of this review may have been inflated. It is likely most helpful in uncertain cases.Read More -
Dec 03 2019
Missing Pediatric Fractures – PEM vs Radiology
Spoon Feed style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Pediatric emergency medicine physician interpretation of pediatric musculoskeletal x-rays was discordant from radiology about 8% of the time and led to an increase in repeat ED visits for missed fractures and unnecessary orthopedic follow up for false positives.Read More