Science Based Medicine

MAY 18, 2023

A condensed timeline of the events, people, and far-right global politics that repurposed science and medicine to promote fake miracle cures for COVID-19 and spread deadly disinformation with a focus on the United States, France, and Brazil. The post Repurposed to Radical: How drug repurposing created a global right-wing market for COVID early treatment fraud first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EM Ottawa

MAY 18, 2023

Welcome Back to BHP Corner For those who are new to this segment of the EMOttawa Blog, here’s a little refresher. In the Base Hospital Program (BHP) Corner, we aim to review interesting and evolving topics, as they pertain to the prehospital/paramedicine world. Advances, reviews, and changes to Ontario and local practices, you name […] The post BHP Corner – Out of Hospital Discharge: Pearls and Pitfalls appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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RebelEM

MAY 18, 2023

Background: IV fluids are part of the standard resuscitation bundle in septic shock, however it is unclear if they provide a significant benefit. These patients can have a vasodilated vascular bed and the initial use of fluids is hypothesized to serve two purposes: Augmenting the macrovascular system (stroke volume and cardiac output) and augmenting the microvascular perfusion (capillary blood flow).

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 18, 2023

I’ve always been partial to the idea that healthcare should be considered a human right. I think we all realize, but as a doctor it is particularly clear to me, that without health nothing matters. It doesn’t much matter if I have a right to assemble if I can’t get out of bed without debilitating pain. My idealism has always gotten a little bogged down, however, when I think about what exactly is the healthcare people have a right to?

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SheMD

MAY 18, 2023

Here at sheMD, we believe in the importance of practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. We believe the same principles apply to discussing Gender and Medical Education. Therefore, we are bringing you an entire Journal Club series! Our series will focus on foundational and new literature within the gender and medicine space. This post contains affiliate links.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 18, 2023

This case was provided by Steven Souchtchenko, a recent graduate of our Hennepin Healthcare EM/IM residency (i.e., a former trainee of mine). Case A 45 yo man with no previous cardiac history presented to an ED not associated with a cath lab. He complained of jaw pain radiating to left shoulder for 6 hours. He stated he had had a brief similar episode the evening prior.

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Clinical Correlations

MAY 18, 2023

By Hadley Greenwood Peer Reviewed Medications originally developed as agents to treat type 2 diabetes have been making headlines for their use as weight loss drugs, even in individuals without diabetes. The medical community has known.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

MAY 18, 2023

This study looked at "low risk" patients who were being transferred from a community hospital to the system quaternary referral center.&nb.

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Hospitals 47

Thinking Critical Care

MAY 18, 2023

Personally, I’ve never used it, so not really an issue to me. But it seems to generate a fair bit of emotion and debate, and having the pleasure of knowing some really smart and, in this case, highly experienced people, I think we have something good to share here, a story from Thomas Woodcock! This insight may help clinicians currently debating the issue… Edomidate – A Brief Personal History.

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Canadian EM

MAY 18, 2023

In this issue, we collaborated with CJEM team to present “Emergency department crowding negatively influences outcomes for adults presenting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”​1​ in a visual abstract format. In the ED, patients with respiratory pathology present on a shiftly basis. A majority of these patients are affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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