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Pet Peeve: Conflicts Of Interest

The Trauma Pro

For the longest time, one of my pet peeves has been potential conflicts of interest (COI) involving authors on research papers. The corollary of this is more useful when applying to research: “One can be led to believe anything when their salary depends on it.” What about a research grant? Your behavior will change.

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Cerebral Edema and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Rebaked

Pediatric EM Morsels

Kendra Jackson and Rebecca Raffler While we’ve gotten to snack on a Morsel on this subject before , new guidelines and research surrounding DKA and cerebral edema have come to light since the first go ‘round! 2004 Jul;27(7):1541-6. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Commitee. Authors: Drs. Diabetes Care.

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2028 Is language a barrier to inclusion in research in paediatric emergency medicine? A rapid review of PEM research in the UK

Emergency Medicine Journal

Evidence suggests that people requiring translation services are often excluded from research, therefore contributing to already existing health inequalities within the country. Data on the exclusion of people requiring translation services in paediatric emergency medicine (PEM) research is scarce. References 1. J Gen Intern Med.

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What I Read This Week

Sensible Medicine

The researchers looked at every patient that had mammograms between 2004 and 2019 and developed breast cancer. It pains me to say it, but previous research has shown that cardiology follow-up is superior to primary care follow up for this condition). So why does GDMT still bug me?

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When Studies Can't Answer an Important Question (but are still published)

Sensible Medicine

The title gives away the results: Here is what they did: They took 159 patients who had severe TR and were operated on from 2004-2018. I am shocked that academic researchers would publish such an exercise. These were operations solely for the tricuspid valve. Most tricuspid surgeries are done as add-on to other surgeries.

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

RebelEM

Most of the research on the use of MB has been in patients with vasoplegia following cardiopulmonary bypass. Our study supports further research regarding MB in larger randomized clinical trials.” Crit Care 2004. Through these mechanisms it restores vasoregulation. vs 0.5% (Range 0.4 PMID: 14707556 Richards-Belle et al.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

RebelEM

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Lancet 2004; 364: 1141-8. PMID: 8874253 Oosterheert JJ, Bonten MJ, Schneider MM. Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia: multicentre randomised trial. 2006; 333(7580):1193. PMID: 17090560 Castro-Guardiola A et al.