The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 22, 2021

Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine and an Associate Editor for the NEJM Journal Watch Emergency Medicine. A randomized trial comparing prescribed light exercise to standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 12, 2022

JAMA Pediatrics 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Catherine Varner is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Investigator in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai […] The post SGEM#362: Screen Time – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – But Should I Post-Concussion?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ben Lawton is a paediatric emergency physician in Brisbane Australia. He divides his time between a tertiary children’s hospital and a community hospital that is busy enough to have its own paediatric emergency department. He is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team.

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Dehydration Pediatrics Hospitals Academics 40

Broome Docs

AUGUST 2, 2022

Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Feb;8(2):103-6. JAMA Pediatr. PMID: 35311942 Bottom line: I include this for interest’s sake only, as it sounds more like science fiction than medicine at this point (at least based on the funding of the emergency departments I work in), but it will be an interesting field to watch over the coming years.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2017

Nonfatal Choking on Food Among Children 14 Years or Younger in the United States, 2001–2009. Pediatrics. Pediatrics. Procedural sedation use in the ED: management of pediatric ear and nose foreign bodies. Am J Emerg Med. Emergency department management of foreign bodies of the external ear canal in children.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

2001 12 found similar results among a cohort of critically ill patients. One of the hallmarks of sepsis care, based on the Rivers 2001 17 trial and still recommended by the latest SCCM guidelines is early detection of sepsis and initiation of early resuscitation. Int J Emerg Med 4, 58 (2011). 11 A study by Stephan et al.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Unported from wikimedia commons, File:2001 Heart Position in ThoraxN.jpg - Wikimedia Commons accessed 10/25/24 Epidemiology and etiology Pneumomediastinum is uncommon. In adult emergency room visits, its incidence is around 1 in 25,000 (0.00004%) and is slightly higher in pediatric emergency room visits at rates of around 0.3-5%

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EMDocs

JANUARY 22, 2025

Is there an ideal observation period in the emergency department after reversal with naloxone? Prehosp Emerg Care , 2009, 13(4):512-5. Endo Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, PA, 2001. Ann Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med. One-Year Mortality of Patients After Emergency Department Treatment for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore the complex and often underrecognized issue of inhalant misuse. Learn how to recognize and manage cases in the emergency department, ask the right questions to uncover inhalant use, and provide critical resources for prevention and support.

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