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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

Luten 2007] Estimates weight within 15% error of actual weight in 79% of children. Krug 2007] What If the Child is Obese or Emaciated? 2007), The Use of the Broselow Tape in Pediatric Resuscitation. Academic Emergency Medicine, 14: 500-501. 2007-2902 Wells M, Coovadia A, Kramer E, Goldstein L. J Pediatr Nurs.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Academic emergency medicine 12.9 [Simpson 1991] No one system universally accepted like adult standard GCS [Simpson 1991, Jain 2022] “There is an evident need for valid standards of paediatric head injury severity, to permit comparisons of different methods of treatment.” Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Aug;23(8):878-84. doi: 10.1111/acem.13014.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash

ALiEM

2007 Dec;21(4):997-1011, ix. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. Case Discussion Take-Home Points Consider Scrub Typhus in a patient presenting with eschars. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.08.002.

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On the meaning of a coronary blockage. Chapter 2 of the mini-series

Sensible Medicine

At the time, in 2007, the cardiology world was stunned to learn that opening partially blocked coronary arteries—in stable patients—did not lead to fewer heart attacks or less cardiac death compared to tablets alone. Last week I wrote about the COURAGE trial. Eg: The trial was too short, too small, recruited special patients, etc.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Insidiously Contracted Hand

ALiEM

Am Fam Physician 2007; 76:86. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. Scientific understanding and clinical management of Dupuytren disease. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2010; 6:715.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Mushroom Mishap

ALiEM

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Third Edition), Academic Press. 2007 Mar;5(1):64-74. The post was peer reviewed on behalf of ACMT by Drs. Brent Furbee, Bryan Judge, and Louise Kao. Read More in the Series References Peredy. Mushrooms, Coprine. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386454-3.00754-5. Goldfrank L. In: Goldfrank’ s Toxicologic Emergencies.

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Incivility in Critical Care:  adding insult to the injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Bullying in Academic Medicine: Experiences of Women Physician Leaders. Academic Medicine [Internet] 2023: 98:2:255-263. Internet] 2007; 505:1181–1197. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [Internet] 2017, Issue 1. Iyer MS, Way DP, MacDowell DJ, Overholser BM, Spector MS, Nancy D, Reshma J. Keller S, Yule S, Zagarese V, et al.