REBEL EM
MAY 11, 2023
Background: The emergency department is frequently visited by patients suffering from symptomatic alcohol withdrawal, and the traditional management has been dominated by repeated doses of benzodiazepines. Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JUNE 6, 2020
Case: It’s another day in your emergency department (ED). You scan through the EMR and see the blood pressure is 60/40. Being an astute emergency physician, you surmise that this value is one number column short of normal. Max is then going to Georgetown to be an attending in both EM and ICU.
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Kaushal Khambhati is also a fourth-year resident training with the Jacobi and Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. She arrives in the emergency department (ED) with decreased level of consciousness and shock. She has a history of hypertension and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
REBEL EM
MARCH 27, 2023
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. The effect of emergency department crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. J Crit Care. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Most emergency department patients meeting sepsis criteria are not diagnosed with sepsis at discharge. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jess Monas is a Consultant in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona. Date: September 20th, 2021 Reference: Litell et al.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
NOVEMBER 24, 2018
Working in the emergency department we are on the edge of life and death and that can lead to burnout. The highest prevalence of burnout (70%) was reported by emergency physicians (Shanafelt et al 2015). One of the most common reasons cited for burnout is the electronic medical record (EMR) (Shanafelt et al 2016).
REBEL EM
JULY 3, 2023
Impact of intravenous calcium with diltiazem for atrial fibrillation/flutter in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. What They Did: Researchers conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study in three community hospitals and two freestanding emergency departments. Article: Rossi N et al.
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