The Trauma Pro

JUNE 13, 2023

For the longest time, one of my pet peeves has been potential conflicts of interest (COI) involving authors on research papers. There is no simple definition of the term “conflict of interest.” However, a simple way to think of it is a situation where one’s personal interests may influence their professional responsibilities. Upton Sinclair said it more simply in a book he was writing in the 1930s: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends up

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

Brugada syndrome is a disease that most commonly affects young males in adulthood. The genetic defect is in proteins that control the entry of sodium into the cardiac cell The post Genetic heart disease: Brugada syndrome appeared first on Emergency Live.

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St. Emlyn

JUNE 13, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This post is from Australia and was brought to us by Dr Ben McKenzie. The events that precede this blog are utterly tragic, but from such tragedy there is hope … Just a routine resuscitation. The AMAX4 algorithm for anaphylaxis/asthma. St Emlyn’s Read More » The post Just a routine resuscitation.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

The once-used term 'sexual perversion' or 'sexual deviation' has been replaced by the scientific term 'paraphilia' from the Greek 'filìa' (attraction) and 'para' (deviation), i.e. attraction to abnormal or bizarre sexual behaviour The post Sexual perversions: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

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St. Emlyn

JUNE 13, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed The latest from the @stemlyns podcast with the best of the blog from April 2023. #FOAMed @docib and @EMManchester talk about HALO, Blood and the future of #FOAMed The post April 2023 podcast round up. St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital cyanogenic heart disease characterised by interventricular septal defect associated with obstruction of blood flow to the lungs The post Congenital cyanogenic heart disease: tetralogy of Fallot appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Stop and Think

JUNE 13, 2023

Before I tell you about two recent (mind-boggling) studies, I want to say thank you for the support. It’s shocking how many have subscribed and supported this newsletter. This will be the first of a two-part series regarding two curious studies. I have built a 30-minute lecture on critical appraisal of medical evidence. I give the talk in seven chapters.

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St. Emlyn

JUNE 13, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed A summary of the talks from Day 1 of the PREMIER conference The post The PREMIER Wessex Conference – Day 1 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

The best news of May collected in this browsable edition of Emergency Live: the magazine is online The post Emergency Live, the browsable magazine with May's top news is now online appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 13, 2023

Links The Case for Being a Medical Conservative [link] ELAN Trial [link] Mandrola on NYC Residents’ Strike [link]

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

Ewing sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that affects bones or the tissue around bones. It mainly affects children and young people, but is also seen in adults. It's more common in males than females The post Ewing's sarcoma: what it is, how it is diagnosed and above all how it is treated appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Canadian EM

JUNE 13, 2023

The chaos and rapidity associated with the ED make it an environment much more prone to diagnostic error.1 96% of these incidents involving missed diagnoses can be attributed to various cognitive biases/factors.2 The consequence of these biases ultimately lead to incomplete H/P’s (20-42% of errors),2,3 failure to consider competing diagnoses (32% of errors),3 or failure to order or follow-up on investigations (44-58% of errors).2,3 So what can be done?

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

Let's talk about diabetic retinopathy: diabetes that is not treated as it should be can, in the long run, trigger consequences in various areas of the body The post Do you suffer from diabetic retinopathy? Here's what's happening to you and what treatments are available appeared first on Emergency Live.

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NRC Health

JUNE 13, 2023

Mission Health’s Yates Center Health and Rehab, leaders are committed to understanding their frontline care teams to maintain a motivated and dedicated workforce. This approach is yielding impressive results. The post Mission Health’s compassionate leadership creates high workforce engagement appeared first on NRC Health.

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RCEM Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

UKRI’s (Medical Research Council) remit, programmes and priorities To subscribe to the NIHR email alerts and hear what they’re currently calling for studies. ukri.org Remit, programmes and priorities – MRC The post Applying for grants, fellowships and personal awards appeared first on RCEMLearning.

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EMergucate

JUNE 13, 2023

The following chest x-rays are from an adult with fever and dyspnoea. What can be seen?

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