ALiEM
JUNE 5, 2023
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this skin lesion in a worker handling sheep hides? Bacillus anthracis Group A streptococcus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus (Photo credit: CDC/ James H. Steele, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Reveal the Answer Answer: 1. Bacillus anthracis This patient has cutaneous anthrax.
Science Based Medicine
JUNE 5, 2023
Tech bro turned COVID-19 misinformation superspreader and antivaxxer has now fully embraced "old school" vaccine-autism conspiracy theories, demonstrating how anti-COVID-19 vaccine antivaxxers frequently become just antivaxxers. The post Steve Kirsch: How “anti-COVID-19 vaccine” antivax often becomes radicalized and just plain antivaccine first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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Emergency Live
JUNE 5, 2023
It is the prescription for children between the ages of 2 and 10 thought up by a US nurse from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio The post A video game to overcome the fear of anaesthesia: EZ Induction presented in the USA appeared first on Emergency Live.
EM Ottawa
JUNE 5, 2023
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 5/5 Beno S, al. CJEM. 2022 Aug;24(5):535-543. Editorial: Reducing overuse of CT imaging in pediatric trauma: a model example of the Model for Improvement. Question and Methods: The aim of this QI project was to reduce unnecessary CT abdomen on pediatric trauma activations who were identified as being low risk of IAI.
Emergency Live
JUNE 5, 2023
Intestinal disorders: diarrhoea, constipation (constipation), constant bellyache, flank pain are some of the symptoms that can manifest an intestinal disorder The post Gastroenterology, the most common intestinal disorders appeared first on Emergency Live.
PulmCCM
JUNE 5, 2023
Corticosteroids for community-acquired pneumonia have been studied with inconclusive results, and expert guidelines currently advise against their use except in patients with refractory septic shock. Only a few trials have tested the utility of steroids for pneumonia in ICU patients; one of the largest and most recent ones enrolling 586 patients at U.S. veterans’ hospitals did not show a mortality reduction from low-dose methylprednisolone.
Emergency Live
JUNE 5, 2023
The extracorporeal circulation allows oxygenation and pumping of the circulating blood during cardiac surgery generally performed with a stopped heart; the heart will be stopped, for example, to repair or replace a valve or ascending aorta or to perform bypasses The post Extracorporeal circulation: an overview appeared first on Emergency Live.
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Emergency Live
JUNE 5, 2023
Tear film dysfunction syndrome is the most recent and correct name for dry eye syndrome The post Tear film dysfunction syndrome, the other name for dry eye syndrome appeared first on Emergency Live.
RebelEM
JUNE 5, 2023
Background Information: Opioid overdose deaths have been increasing in the past twenty years. The national number of overdose deaths from any opioid has increased 62.5% from 2019 to 2021 (from 48,000 to 81,400 annual deaths), which includes prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone), heroin, and synthetic opioids other than methadone including fentanyl (1).
ACEP Now
JUNE 5, 2023
For nearly two years, ACEP has been fighting to ensure that the federal government’s implementation of the No Surprises Act has been in accordance with Congressional intent. Using every channel available on the federal, state, regulatory and legal channels, we have pushed for comprehensive policy and the fair implementation of those policies. Despite our gains on the policy side, the implementation of the law continues to be problematic.
The Evolution & Medicine Review
JUNE 5, 2023
Tobler R, Souilmi Y, Huber CD, Bean N, Turney CSM, Grey ST, Cooper A. The role of genetic selection and climatic factors in the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out of Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 May 30;120(22):e2213061120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213061120. Epub 2023 May 23. PMID: 37220274.
ACEP Now
JUNE 5, 2023
ACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency medicine physician. ACEP Now is an official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
JUNE 5, 2023
Prophylactic antibiotic use in cirrhotic patients with an upper GI bleed has been demonstrated to have a mortality benefit in multiple ra.
EMergucate
JUNE 5, 2023
32 year old asthmatic lady presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath for few days.
The Evolution & Medicine Review
JUNE 5, 2023
Editorial On evolutionary medicine and health disparitiesC Brandon Ogbunugafor, Fatimah Jackson ReviewEmbedded racism: Inequitable niche construction as a neglected evolutionary process affecting healthPaula Ivey Henry, Meredith R Spence Beaulieu, Angelle Bradford, Joseph L Graves Jr Original researchWealth, health and inequality in Agta foragersAbigail E Page, Milagros Ruiz, Mark Dyble, Daniel Major-Smith, Andrea B Migliano, Sarah […]
Sensible Medicine
JUNE 5, 2023
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EMergucate
JUNE 5, 2023
Answers: Question 1: PH = 7.12, that is moderate to severe acidaemia. HCO3 = 7 mmol/L.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 5, 2023
A 40-something male presented by ambulance with one hour of chest pain that was improving after sublingual nitroglycerine and 325 mg of aspirin, chewed. Here is his initial ED ECG: What do you think? I read this ECG without any history as reperfusing inferior and posterior OMI due to the Q-wave in lead III with minimal STE and reciprocal ST depression in V2-V4 (which should never be there).
ACEP Now
JUNE 5, 2023
Sen. Maggie Hasan provides an update on mental health legislation during LAC23. ACEP’s Annual Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) was held April 30–May 2 in Washington, D.C. With Congressional offices finally back open for in-person meetings, more than 450 emergency physicians from 42 states were back in force in the nation’s Capitol to advocate for emergency physicians.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 5, 2023
With millions of journal articles published yearly, it is impossible to keep up. Every month we ask some of our friends from PERUKI (Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland) to point out something that has caught their eye. This time we have our primary care colleagues from Chesterfield and Derbyshire Dales have taken over, putting a primary care slant on the most recent wrap up… Article 1: Can online educational videos broaden young women’s contraceptive choice?
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