Ken Grauer, MD

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Today’s patient is an older woman who experienced a number of fainting epiodes over the previous week. No CP ( C hest P ain ). Shortly after arrival in the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) — she suffered a cardiac arrest. The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained following successful resuscitation. Stat Echo — obtained shortly after successful resuscitation revealed anterior wall akinesis.

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Science Based Medicine

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

For once, I beat the alarm clock by a good hour. Anxiety is better than sunrise for becoming and staying awake. I had too many things to do, and neither the time nor the skill set to accomplish them. As the week progressed, I had become increasingly aware that every hour we did not act meant more death and disease—and I could […] The post Skeptics in the Pub.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Reference: Curry SD, et al. Systematic Review of CT Angiography in Guiding Management in Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma. Laryngoscope. March 2023 Date: January 30, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Espinel is an Associate professor of pediatrics and otolaryngology at Children’s National Hospital and George Washington University. She is also the director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology […] The post SGEM #429: It’s CT Angio, Hi.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

You know the routine, group the 16 words into 4 groups of 4. I’ll post the answer at 4 PM CST. It will be on the site but it won’t be sent by email. Break out your pharmacology and anatomy textbooks for this one!

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JournalFeed

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: In patients hospitalized with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), beta-lactam (BL) only antibiotic regimens have been shown to have increased mortality as compared to other first-line regimens.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Occipital Temporal Maxillary Lingual: Arteries originating from the external carotid Canagliflozin Enalapril Metoprolol Spironolactone: GDMT Amlopdipine Minoxidil Doxazosin Hydralazine: Antihypertensives Coronary Subclavian Mesenteric Celiac: Arteries originating from the aorta How did you do?

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