Mon.Oct 14, 2024

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The October 2024 Research Roundup

First 10 EM

Another month, another set of articles. Some clinically relevant. Some just thought provoking. One is more than 100 years old. Yes, I look everywhere for these papers. The BroomeDocs podcast version can be found here: [link] Clinically but not statistically significant: what do you do? Turgeon AF, Fergusson DA, Clayton L,et al. Liberal or Restrictive […] The post The October 2024 Research Roundup appeared first on First10EM.

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ECG Pointers: A Dynamic Approach to Tachydysrhythmias Part 2

EMDocs

Authors: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA); Mai Saber, DO (EM Attending Physician, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ); Rachel Bridwell, MD (EM Attending Physician, Charlotte, NC) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations.

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Europe’s Refugee Crisis: An Unresolved Humanitarian Emergency

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Some definitions Asylum seeker: A person who has fled their country and applied to another country to be recognised as a refugee but has not yet been granted this status. Refugee: Someone whose asylum application has been successful. The government recognizes they cannot return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for the reasons provided for in the United Nations Refugee Convention or European Convention on Human Rights (such as persecution due to race, se

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Network Five: Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management

Life in the Fastlane

Pramod Chandru Network Five: Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 30 reviewing updates on paediatric wheeze management with paediatric respiratory and sleep specialist Dr Chetan Pandit!

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 084 | Empyema

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Following on from our initial post in this entirely accidental series on “things you don’t want to find in the chest drain” we turn our eyes (if not our noses) to empyema. Many penumonias will develope a parapneumonic effusion. This is largely reactive and inflammatory but by no means does it mean there is infection.

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Publication Potpourri

EM Literature of Note

Clearing the backlog of mildly interesting articles that will never get a full write-up – here’s a quick hit of the most interesting lucky 13! “Lactated Ringer vs Normal Saline Solution During Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Episodes” A “target trial emulation” providing observational evidence supporting the superiority of lactated ringers solution over normal saline for the resuscitation of patients being admitted with sickle cell crises.