Sat.Feb 08, 2025

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A Conversation with Professor Jeffrey Flier Regarding Changes in NIH Funding

Sensible Medicine

Professor Jeffrey Flier is a distinguished service professor and Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the former dean of Harvard Medical School. We talked about the recent (and sudden) change in NIH funding. First a note on Professor Flier. He is not a normal medical school dean. He is active online. He speaks candidly, often critically.

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‘NSTEMI’ or reperfused OMI? And which lesion is the culprit?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Jesse McLaren An 80 year old with a history of CHF, ESRD on dialysis, and multiple prior cardiac stents presented to the emergency department with 3 days of intermittent chest pain and shortness of breath that resolved after nitro, which felt like prior episodes of angina. The patient was pain free on arrival, and below are the prior and new ECG.

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250. This is Tuberculosis- ain't no hold 'em

Board Bombs

Breathtaking performances at the Grammy's this year. Speaking of breathtaking, let's talk TB! Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind at here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake, Wosiki-Kuhn, Marlena. 250. This is Tuberculosis- ain't no hold 'em. February 10th, 2025. Accessed [date].

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PRN for PeRhaps Not | SAH Hgb Targets

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 4-7, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Wednesday Spoon Feed : Patients who received as-needed antihypertensive medications while hospitalized had higher risk for acute kidney injury (AKI).

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EM@3AM: High Priority Fungal Pathogens and Empiric Treatment in the ED

EMDocs

Authors: Rahul Ramraj, MD (Emergency Medicine Resident Physician, Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell); Daniel Jafari, MD MPH (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell) // Reviewed by: Sophia Grgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providin