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SGEM#419: Welcome Back – To Another Episode on Back Pain

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: October 26, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Date: October 26, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial placebo-controlled trial. Many pharmacologic treatments have been tried with limited efficacy.

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Podcast 186.0: Hypocalcemia

Core EM

Pfenning CL, Slovis CM: Electrolyte Disorders; in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. 2014, (Ch) 125: p 1636-53. Hypocalcemia in the critically ill patient. J Intensive Care Med 2013; 28:166. Louis, Mosby, Inc., Swaminathan, A. 2016, January 27). Hypocalcemia.

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SGEM#437: Don’t Be Fooled by the Meds I Got, I Still Need an ESP Block – For My Rib Fractures

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

A clinical decision tool called the STUMBL score was derived and validated by Battle et al in 2014 [3]. An attempt was made to externally validate this tool in New Zealand by Murkerji et al 2021 [4]. These risks are particularly higher in the elderly [2]. It risks stratified older patients with blunt trauma.

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Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture

Core EM

A study by Duniec et al. Here are a handful of these studies and their conclusions: Nomura et al., of scans conducted and in <5 minutes in 100% of scans Ferre et al., times more attempts when adjusted for BMI Gottlieb et al., of scans conducted and in <5 minutes in 100% of scans Ferre et al., 3, 2018, pp.

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SGEM#409: Same as it Ever Was – Tamiflu for Influenza?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. In 2009, the Cochrane group questioned Roche about the completeness of the data and after four years of requests, finally got access to all the data in 2013 and updated their review in 2014. JAMA Int Med 2023. JAMA Int Med 2023.

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SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. One of the best systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the topic discussing the diagnostic accuracy of the history, physical examination and imaging is by Carpenter et al from AEM 2014 [1]. Reference: Coventry et al.

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Episode 146 Celiac Disease: Rootin tootin gluten

This Podcast Will Kill You

2014): 6-7. Caio, Giacomo, et al. Cenit, María Carmen, et al. Al-Dulaimi, D., Gasbarrini, Giovanni, et al. Gasbarrini, Giovanni Battista, et al. ” Internal and emergency medicine 9 (2014): 249-256. Kerner, Gaspard, et al. Newberry, Carolyn, et al. Tune in today! Rubio-Tapia, A.,

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