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SGEM#460: Why Do I Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me – CHARTWatch to Predict Clinical Deterioration

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Date: October 28, 2024 Reference: Verma et al. CMAJ September 2024 Guest Skeptic: Michael Page is currently the Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Commercialization at Unity Health Toronto. Reference: Verma et al. Clinical evaluation of a machine learning–based early warning system for patient deterioration.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Spontaneous Eye Luxation

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Available at: [link] (Accessed: 04 January 2024). Available at: [link] (Accessed: 04 January 2024). References Kelly, E.W. and Fitch, M.T. 2013) Recurrent Spontaneous Globe Subluxation: A Case Report and Review of Manual Reduction Techniques.

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SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Reference: Albers GW et al. NEJM Feb 2024 Date: April 12, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Vasisht Srinivasan is an Emergency Medicine physician and neurointensivist at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Reference: Albers GW et al. TIMELESS Investigators. Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5

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Tranq dope (fentanyl-xylazine combination): A new horizon in opioid withdrawal treatment

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Multimodal medication options for fentanyl-xylazine withdrawal management in London et al. 2024 study [16]. PMID 35774687 D’Onofrio G, Chawarski MC, O’Connor PG, et al. PMID 28194688 D’Onofrio G, O’Connor PG, Pantalon MV, et al. D’Onofrio G, Hawk KF, Perrone J, et al. PMID 36995717 London K, Li Y, Kahoud JL, et al.

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SGEM#442: I’m on the Right Track Baby I Was Born This Way

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Kruse et al. WJEM December 2023 Date: May 30, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kay Dingwell is a rural emergency physician working in Prince County, PEI with a special interest in gender-affirming care and improving the care of trans and gender-diverse patients. Reference: Kruse et al.

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SGEM#428: Don’t Worry, Be Happy – The Safety of Nitroglycerin Administration in RVMI

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

February 2023 Date: January 24, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rupinder Sahsi is a fellow EBM enthusiast with academic appointments at McMaster University and Wright State University who works as an emergency physician in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Fanaroff et al looked at the ACC/AHA guidelines from 2008-2018 [4]. Emerg Med J.

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SGEM#438: Bone, Bone, Bone, Tell Me What Ya Gonna Do – for IO Access Location?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. February 2024. Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation.

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