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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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. CMAJ September 2024 Population: Patients admitted to the General Internal Medicine (GIM) unit of an academic medical center

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SGEM#430: De Do Do Do, De Dash, Dash DAShED – Diagnosing Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED.

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: February 11, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Nirdosh Ashok Kumar, Emergency Medicine Specialist – Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. […] The post SGEM#430: De Do Do Do, De Dash, Dash DAShED – Diagnosing Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED. to 29.1%, and ED mortality at 14.9%​​. [21] EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023.

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SGEM#440: I’m Gonna Need Someone To Help Me – GRACE4 AUD and CHS Management in the ED

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AEM May 2024 Date: May 22, 2024 Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag Guest Skeptic: Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag is the Founding Director of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI), at Sinai Health System. Case 1: A patient presents to the ED with nausea, vomiting and some abdominal pain complaining of alcohol withdrawal.

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Rebaked: Inborn Errors of Metabolism presenting in the ED

Pediatric EM Morsels

Let’s consider Inborn Errors of Metabolism Presenting in the ED : Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Basics Common Presentations, Uncommon Kiddos For the child with lethargy, vomiting, acidosis, hypoglycemia , organomegaly, or cardiopulmonary arrest remember to consider Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) on your DDx. Samantha A.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Spontaneous Eye Luxation

ALiEM

Symptoms started approximately seven hours prior to arrival and progressive, severe pain eventually prompted her visit to the ED. This happened once 10 years ago, requiring reduction in the ED. Available at: [link] (Accessed: 04 January 2024). Available at: [link] (Accessed: 04 January 2024). References Kelly, E.W.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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. You learn they are ordering hormones online as they do not have any gender-affirming primary care.

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5 Min Sono – IVC (2024)

Core Ultrasound

For example a pt in the ED with sepsis, and a collapsible IVC, dry lungs and no peripheral edema is more likely to benefit from fluid than be harmed Take that same pt, with the same US and physical exam findings and make it 72-hrs later in the ICU after 6-10 L. For this we use clinical judgement, US findings, PE findings.

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