The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2024

Reference: Gibbons et al. AEM February 2024. Date: February 28, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. Reference: Gibbons et al. AEM February 2024.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 19, 2024

A 2024 Cochrane systematic review compared available clinical decision rules (CDRs) (NEXUS, Canadian C-Spine Rule, PECARN retrospective criteria, NICE guidelines CG56 and CG176, Leonard de novo model, and PEDSPINE) for the evaluation of potential cervical spine injury following blunt trauma in children. 2024 Jun 3:S2352-4642(24)00104-4.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. Accessed March 6, 2024. Accessed February 19, 2024. Al Jazeera. Accessed March 6, 2024.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 12, 2024

PMID: 36038001 Levi TM, et al. PMID: 24553510 Iacone R, et al. The authors of this study sought to test the hypothesis that intravenous amino acid therapy would lead to a lower occurrence of postoperative AKI when compared to placebo. Paper: Landoni G. The PROTECTION trial. The PROTECTION trial. Contemp Clin Trials. Epub 2022 Aug 28.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One systematic review of 1283 patients showed that if you got to the operating room within 6 hours, you had a 97% chance of saving the testicle. According to Sleeman et al., A systematic review and meta-analysis by Choudhary et al. and Al-Dhahir, M.A., Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-.

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