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Part 1: “Don’t Minimize Myocarditis From The Vaccine”, By the Author of “Don’t Fear Literal Death From COVID”.

Science Based Medicine

Once a doctor has minimized *literal death*, how can we take them seriously when they scold us for minimizing something not as severe as say, *literal death*? The post Part 1: “Don’t Minimize Myocarditis From The Vaccine”, By the Author of “Don’t Fear Literal Death From COVID”. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Interview Tips for Trainees From a Program Director

SheMD

Disclaimer: This post was written before the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the interview information may not be relevant during the 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 academic years. This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure for more info. It was Malcolm Gladwell who proclaimed that practicing anything for more than 10,000 hours allows one to become an expert.

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Podcast: July/August 2023. St Emlyn’s

St. Emlyn

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Our regular round up of the best of the blog and podcast from July and August 2023. Lots to talk about this month. Trauma, burnout, prehospital care, HALO procedures, paediatric … Podcast: July/August 2023. St Emlyn’s Read More » The post Podcast: July/August 2023. St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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EMCrit 358 – Dizziness Makes Me Dizzy Still! – GRACE-3 and more with Peter Johns

EMCrit

Do you still cringe when a dizzy patient appears on your board? If so, we need to fix that and Peter Johns is here to help! EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Morphine + OMI is a bad combination

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is written by Magnus Nossen, with some edits by Smith This ECG diagnosis will be obvious to the majority of the readers of this blog. It is not obvious for the majority of doctors or even cardiologists. A 50 something male was seen in the emergency room due to typical chest pain. The pain had started the same day about two hours prior to medical contact.

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191. BBQ and brain masses

Board Bombs

Like pork? May want to set down your BBQ sandwich before listening to this episode. Let’s talk about a rare diagnosis and a great differential for brain masses. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.com. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 191.

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Approaches to neutropenic fever- what's out there?

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

Treatment of neutropenic fever is evolving, especially in the context of multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms. This article reviews an updat.

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If you are sick, do not test for COVID19; If your child is mildly sick, do not test & send them to school

Sensible Medicine

In this essay, I will build the case that if you are sick, you should not test for COVID19. If your child is sick, you should not test them, and you should send them to school if they are mildly ill. This is the only logical position, and that of the UK. How do I and the UK experts arrive at this position? Let’s agree to some facts. First, nearly no one is currently being hospitalized with ARDS caused by COVID19; Instead, we have a sea of incidental hospitalizations.

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Imaging Case of the Week 567 Answer

EMergucate

The chest x-ray shows an incidental finding of right sided aortic arch.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.20.23

Taming the SRU

universal hcv screening - Sports medicine; concussions - r1 clinical knowledge: Nonconvulsive status - taming the sru - r4 simulation - oral boards cases Universal HCV Screening WITH Justin Campbell, Pharm. D. and Kathleen Hildreth, Pharm. D. Statistically, 1/10 patients who present to the emergency department have hepatitis C, with an estimated 2.5-3.5 million Americans living with HCV.

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Imaging Case of the Week 565 Answer

EMergucate

The chest x-ray shows silhouetting of the right heart border.

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If you are sick, do not test for COVID19; If your child is mildly sick, do not test & send them to school

Sensible Medicine

In this essay, I will build the case that if you are sick, you should not test for COVID19. If your child is sick, you should not test them, and you should send them to school if they are mildly ill. This is the only logical position, and that of the UK. How do I and the UK experts arrive at this position? Let’s agree to some facts. First, nearly no one is currently being hospitalized with ARDS caused by COVID19; Instead, we have a sea of incidental hospitalizations.

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How Many Diphtheria Vaccines are Currently Licensed in the US?

Pediatric Education

Patient Presentation A group of medical students were reviewing common vaccines with their preceptor. The students were confused by the vaccine names and why there were so many different ones. The preceptor noted that much of it had to do with history and vaccine improvement to increase their efficacy and decrease side effects. “For example, there are 4 current tetanus shots in the US and each has a different name,” she told the students. “You can tell what is in the vaccine by