The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 12, 2022

She is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and a Clinician Scientist and the Deputy Director of the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute. Dr. Varner’s research interests are in concussion and pregnancy care in the ED. This classic paper was published in Lancet 2001 and reviewed on SGEM#106.

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Broome Docs

AUGUST 2, 2022

Be wary of low quality before and after research. Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Feb;8(2):103-6. The use of the word “quiet” in the emergency department is not associated with patient volume: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Emerg Med. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 23;386(25):2387-2398. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01272.x.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies. Clark S, Bock SA, Gaeta TJ, Brenner BE, Cydulka RK, Camargo CA; Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration-8 Investigators. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. 2, 2001, pp. J Allergy Clin Immunol.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Borgialli DA, Mahajan P, Hoyle JD Jr, Powell EC, Nadel FM, Tunik MG, Foerster A, Dong L, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Apr;68(4):311-4. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. Prior to medical school, she received her MBA in Healthcare Management and currently works on health policy and outcomes-based research. Dr. Marco is professor of emergency medicine at Penn State Health Milton S.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Still, this wave of private equity acquisitions in emergency medicine has come crashing down on the heads of many early-career physicians. As of 2022, 1 in 4 emergency departments in the United States were staffed by a private equity-owned physician group. Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). J Hosp Med.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Ackee fruit poisoning: an outbreak investigation in Haiti 2000–2001, and review of the literature. Since the onset of illness, she had been unable to tolerate any oral intake. Am J Trop Med Hyg.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Some studies have found that VBGs and ABGs do correlate well in trauma patients but are not clinically equivalent; these studies still call for obtaining routine ABGs in patients with major traumatic injuries until more research has been done comparing ABGs and VBGs in the setting of severe traumatic injury (17-19). Int J Emerg Med.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study. 2009.09.049 Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a clinical decision rule (CDR) to predict 1-month serious outcome and all-cause death in patients presenting with syncope to the emergency department.

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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. Orthostatic vital signs in emergency department patients.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 3, 2025

This systematic review examined 15 observational studies from around the world, exploring the relationship between increasing air pollution levels and the rate of hospitalisations and emergency department visits for respiratory illnesses in children. Among pollutants, PM2.5 was the most extensively studied in 14 of the 15 papers.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, recent progress in onchocerciasis research has led to an improved understanding of the immunopathology of O. This article aims to create emergency clinician awareness of onchocerciasis as a potential cause of visual and dermatologic complaints and will highlight appropriate diagnosis and management strategies. Image source: 1.

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