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A Social Science Perspective on Masking

Sensible Medicine

Dr. Cifu noted three starting assumptions in his 2022 article that are worth restating: 1. COVID carries less risk now than it did in 2020, and 3. —and therefore questions of risk management , i.e. the political and social process of making decisions that incorporate risk, amidst other priorities based on collective values.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

EMDocs

CT is the most useful examination for patients with suspected complications of colonic diverticulitis because of its reproducibility, superior diagnostic accuracy (98%)m accuracy for alternative diagnoses with a similar presentation, risk-stratification of patients for operative versus nonoperative treatment, and inpatient versus outpatient triage.

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COVID-19 and Mental Health

Northwestern EM Blog

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

EMDocs

Crit Care 26, 19 (2022) Liu VX, Fielding-Singh V, et al. 2022 Aug 5;29(10) Corl KA, Prodromou M, Merchant, RC, et al. 2022 Sep 14;9(9):CD003861. Ther Clin Risk Manag. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:1368-1377 Im, Y., The Timing of Early Antibiotics and Hospital Mortality in Sepsis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. N Engl J Med.