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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Gibbons et al. 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. 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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Large bowel obstruction: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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and is poorly tolerated by patients with obstruction, it should not be a routine part of the ED evaluation for LBO unless it is critical for another diagnosis on the differential. doi:10.3390/cancers13092025 Pisano M, Zorcolo L, Merli C, et al. 2021.03.001 Bauman BD, Witt JE, Vakayil V, et al. Published 2021 Apr 22. 2018;13:36.

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SGEM#205: Twist & Shout – Testicular Torsion

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

[display_podcast] Date: January 31st, 2018 Reference: Frohlich LC, et al. display_podcast] Date: January 31st, 2018 Reference: Frohlich LC, et al. Might his examination be enough to convince the urologists to take him straight to the operating room without a preceding diagnostic ultrasound? Reference: Frohlich LC, et al.

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Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

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C, respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute, and oxygen saturation 95% on room air. The nuances of fracture patterns and delineating mechanically unstable pelvic fractures from stable ones is less important to the ED. 12 An AP x-ray of the pelvis should be obtained in the ED for unstable patients.

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Threading the Needle: Bougie-First Intubation

REBEL EM

Paper: von Hellmann R, Fuhr N, Maia IWA, et al. Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations. Intubation performed in all settings (out-of-hospital, emergency department, ICU, and operating room). Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Feb 83(2):132-144.

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Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Well-designed multicentre large studies in children were warranted; cue Leonard et al. Children in the validation cohort were admitted to the intensive care unit or operating room less frequently than those in the derivation cohort. I am hopeful it will also improve the flow in the ED.”

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

REBEL EM

Paper: Singer S, et al. This study chose a relevant topic to analyze that could influence acute management in the ED and has a fairly larger sample size of patients to do so. References: Singer S, et al. PMID: 36108346 Cole JB, et al. PMID: 31270748 Maheshwari K, et al. PMID: 29872882 Jones AE, et al.