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Supporting Third Stage Academic Medicine Physicians

Sensible Medicine

The career of the academic medicine doctor nicely breaks down into three parts. The first part, beginning right after training, is spent honing a craft and working to establish an academic niche: clinical excellence, research, education, or administration. In phase two, that early work pays off.

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SGEM#428: Don’t Worry, Be Happy – The Safety of Nitroglycerin Administration in RVMI

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Adverse events from nitrate administration during right ventricular myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Adverse events from nitrate administration during right ventricular myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reference: Wilkinson-Stokes M, Betson J, Sawyer S. Emerg Med J. Emerg Med J.

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SGEM#460: Why Do I Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me – CHARTWatch to Predict Clinical Deterioration

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

With emergency department (ED) volumes rising, administrators are eager to explore AI-driven solutions to improve patient safety and reduce staff burnout. In healthcare, AI is being leveraged to enhance clinical decision-making, streamline administrative processes, and improve patient outcomes.

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"Sepsis bundles": No good evidence of benefit

PulmCCM

Because SEP-1 was enacted by CMS’s administrative fiat, no randomized trials have been performed before or since to gauge its effectiveness. fluid administration, blood culture and lactate collection, and antibiotics, delivered in the first 3 hours. Five did not report on the association between bundle compliance and mortality.

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Three Academics Speak Out on Bad Medical Studies

Stop and Think

You should first know Dan is one of the smartest and kindest academics I have met. It’s quite an honor to have legit academics comment on my Substack. So people try to do the best that seems possible using the tools available, such as administrative datasets, despite all the flaws. The next two responses are anonymous.

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Intranasal Fentanyl for Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Pain

ACEP Now

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released an expert panel report in 2014 with evidence-based guidelines for management of SCD recommending timely administration of parenteral opioids for VOE.2 Two interesting findings were time to parenteral opioid administration and total dose of opioid morphine equivalents. Am J Hematol.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

RebelEM

The retrospective design of this study omitted assessment of ventricular dysrhythmias related to push dose pressor administration, as they were reliant on information in the EMR. In other words these were pre-made syringes and not mixed at the bedside. Further studies are needed to assess the prevalence of cardiac dysrhythmia.