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Sex and gender reporting in UK emergency medicine trials from 2010 to 2023: a systematic review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Interventional trials were eligible to be included in the review if they were registered on the NIHR TEC research portfolio from January 2010, if the primary paper was published before 31 December 2023 and if the research was delivered primarily in the ED. Conclusions Fewer females than males were included in TEC trials from 2010 to 2023.

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Chest Pain in Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

EKG Reasonable screen for cardiac etiology [ Kane, 2010 ]: Chest Pain with Exertion? 2010 Jul-Aug;5(4):366-73. 2010 Dec;57(6):1385-95. 2010 Dec;57(6):1221-34. GI Look for hepatosplenomegaly Is there Epigastric tenderness? High-risk family history (ex, unexplained sudden death, drowning )? Congenit Heart Dis.

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Rebaked Morsel: Pediatric Buckle and Greenstick Forearm Fractures

Pediatric EM Morsels

2010 Oct 5;182(14):CMAJ 2010. The minority of parents would have wanted clinic follow up (6%) and reimaging (14%). References: Boutis K, Willan A, Babyn P, Goeree R, Howard A. Cast versus splint in children with minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius: a randomized controlled trial. DOI:10.1503/cmaj.100119.

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Incidental Appendectomy During Trauma Laparotomy?

The Trauma Pro

Ann R Coll Surg Engl 92(6):477-82, 2010. Br J Surg 62(6):487-9, 1975 Appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma. Am J Emerg Med 35(9):1386.e5-1386, e5-1386, 2017. Systematic review of blunt abdominal trauma as a cause of acute appendicitis.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

2010 Feb;28(1):29-56, vii. Answer : Murine Typhus Epidemiology: Murine typhus is endemic in several parts of the U.S.: Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct;29(5):433-9. Perera P, Mailhot T, Riley D, Mandavia D. The RUSH exam: Rapid Ultrasound in SHock in the evaluation of the critically lll. Emerg Med Clin North Am. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.09.010.

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS): Rebaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

2010 May;49(5):418-21. Epub 2010 Jan 13. Timing and utility of ultrasound in diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: 7-year experience of a large tertiary care hospital. Clin Pediatr (Phila). doi: 10.1177/0009922809342582. PMID: 20075028. Schnadower, D., Finkelstein, Y.,Desai, Bergmann, K., Hariharan, S.,

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Overdiagnosis: Would we better better off not looking?

First 10 EM

Between 2001 and 2010 the use of CT in emergency departments increased 3-fold (and the use of MRI increased 9-fold, but for some reason it is still almost impossible for me to get one done.) There is little doubt that the use of testing has increased dramatically in emergency medicine during my career.