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SGEM#432: SPEED, Give Me What I Need – To Diagnose Acute Aortic Dissections

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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

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First10EM Journal Club: May 2024

Broome Docs

Join Justin and I for a sold 80 minutes of nerdy evidence-based ED care. Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. 2024 Mar 18:e240762. 2024 Apr 1;52(4):521-530. 2024 Apr 4;390(13):1186-1195. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0762.

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EM@3AM: Retroperitoneal Hematoma

EMDocs

A 70-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease s/p 2x drug eluting stent placement one month ago, atrial fibrillation on apixaban presents to the ED with weakness and lightheadedness. F, RR 16, SpO2 97% on room air. Updated 2024 Jan 9]. Accessed on 27 May 2024) [link] Mandell, SP.

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Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

ACEP Now

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. Accessed March 6, 2024. Healing Is No Joke.

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Testicular torsion

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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. Clinical predictors for testicular torsion as seen in the pediatric ED. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. This dropped to 79.3% Beni-Israel, T., Goldman, M.,