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The Study of the Week Is a Beautiful Example of Science Done Well

Sensible Medicine

Academic medicine sometimes gets it right. Neurologist Hooman Kamel from the Weil Cornell Medical Center in NY had an idea about atrial fibrillation and stroke. Stroke came when these clots moved northward to the brain. Kamel’s new idea about AF and stroke was that the main problem was primary atrial disease.

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To Treat or Not to Treat

Sensible Medicine

For many doctors in academic medicine, publishing in peer reviewed journal is an important part of their careers. People can rise through the academic ranks as gifted clinicians, creative and effective educators, and talented administrators. years, anticoagulation reduced the rate of stroke or systemic embolism by 1.7% (HR: 0.63; 0.45

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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/28/23 (Issue #15)

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It’s unfortunate to have to note this study with an asterisk due to its origination in a nation whose many honest scientists’ work is tainted by widespread alleged academic misconduct , amidst in a culture of alleged rampant academic cheating.

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SGEM Xtra: Walk of Life – Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Shahriar Zehtabchi is a tenured professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center & Kings County Hospital. Shahriar also serves […] The post SGEM Xtra: Walk of Life – Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

ALiEM

The two main causes of internuclear ophthalmoplegia are demyelination of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) from multiple sclerosis (MS) and ischemic cranial nerve damage from stroke. Usually, MS is seen in younger patients where both eyes are affected whereas strokes occur more often in older patients and only one eye is affected.

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SGEM Xtra: This is My Life – Centralization of Rural Emergency Healthcare

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

2023 Apr Guest Skeptics: Dr. Louella Vaugh is an internist practising as a hospitalist physician at an academic centre in London, UK with a special interest in smaller, rural and remote healthcare. Reconfiguring emergency and acute services: time to pause and reflect. BMJ Qual Saf. BMJ Qual Saf. Her main job is working for a think tank.

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How to Find a Quality Blog Post on Epiglottitis: Findings from a SOAR Review

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But there are some challenges when it comes to the utilization of FOAM: – Decentralization of FOAM resources – Concerns about the quality of information being presented The Solution: The Systematic Online Academic Resource, or SOAR, review was created in an effort to address some of these limitations.