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A Social Science Perspective on Masking

Sensible Medicine

COVID carries less risk now than it did in 2020, and 3. People do still get sick and die from COVID (though the question of risk of Long COVID with new or recurrent infection remains uncertain). Risk assessment and management is at the heart of this disagreement (see these papers to dive more deeply).

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COVID-19 and Mental Health

Northwestern EM Blog

In a survey from June 2020, 11% of adults reported thoughts of suicide in the past 30 days [1]. They found that suicide rates in 2020 were increased in October and November for men and in July through November for women when compared to 2016-2019. Deaths, isolation, loss of work, and countless other hardships abound. JAMA Netw Open.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

EMDocs

World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines (2020) “What is the best way to make a diagnosis of ALCD? However, no included studies compared patient health outcomes between CT-guided care and care without the use of routine CT for suspected diverticulitis. 2020 May 7;15(1):32. 2020 Jun;63(6):728-747. N Engl J Med.

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

EMDocs

13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear. Inwald et al. link] During the 2017 IV fluid shortage, Patino et al. In 2013 Richer et al. Choudhari et al.

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EM@3AM: Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma

EMDocs

Published online March 27, 2020. The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020. McGraw-Hill Education; 2020. The management of glaucoma and intraocular hypertension: current approaches and recent advances. Ther Clin Risk Manag. gtt one drop BID OR Betaxolol 0.5% Dtsch rztebl Int.

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