Science Based Medicine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A recent study reaffirms the high degree of correlation among physicians between antivax views and an embrace of quackery. This is an old finding that needs to be documented periodically and shows why the acceptance of non-science-based treatments by physicians endangers vaccination efforts. The post Alternative medicine and antivax: Two crappy tastes that taste crappy together—particularly when among physicians first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Emergency Live

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Crucial Response of Rescue Units in Western Afghanistan in the Face of the Earthquake Emergency The province of Herat, located in the west of Afghanistan, was recently shaken by a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake. This tremor is part of a seismic swarm that began its destructive cycle just over a week ago, causing the […] The post Afghanistan: The Courageous Commitment of the Rescue Teams appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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Emergency Live

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Awareness-raising on natural risks: the importance of education and initiatives in the squares between Piacenza and Rimini The weekend of 14 and 15 October saw the ‘Io Non Rischio‘ (I Do Not Risk) campaign return to Emilia-Romagna, and throughout Italy. This national initiative, promoted by the National Civil Protection Department together with various institutions and […] The post Io Non Rischio: Prevention in Emilia-Romagna and Italy appeared first on Emergency Live.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Settings: Retrospective study of a national inpatient database (Japan). Participants: All patients who were admitted between.

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Emergency Live

OCTOBER 16, 2023

World Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Day: The Italian Red Cross Commitment Every year on 16 October, the world comes together to celebrate ‘World Restart a Heart Day’, or World Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Day. This date aims to raise awareness about the importance of life-saving manoeuvres and how each of us can actually make a difference.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the first of the four cases. This case was submitted by… A 12-year-old female was brought to your emergency department by her mother for 1 month of diffuse abdominal and back pain.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This is a case I posted Saturday, October 14. This ECG was texted to me after the fact with no information. What do you think? This is the ECG that I used for the post. It is high quality screenshot of a pdf: I had said that the Queen said this is Not OMI with low confidence However , the image that had been texted to me and submitted to the Queen was not this one above.

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’re going to verge into challenging territory for an audio podcast in that we’re going to the discuss the very visual topic of dynamic LV outflow tract obstruction. This is something fairly dependent on echocardiography for diagnosis which as you can imagine translates poorly to audio format.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

EmergiQuiz is an annual case-based presentation sponsored by the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine that challenges the audience to think through the differential diagnosis for four amazing cases. Traditionally these cases are presented live at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition. Since 2020 the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine has also been sponsoring the publication of online cases on EmergiQuiz.com.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Time is of the­ essence whe­n it comes to healthcare. In critical situations, the­ speed and effe­ctiveness of medical assistance­ can be the dete­rmining factor between life­ and death. Through advancements in ambulance­ equipment and technology, re­sponse times and patient care­ have significantly improved over time­. One notable organization leading the­se innovations is Ziqitza Healthcare ltd , founde­d by the visionary Sweta Mangal.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Central venous catheters (CVCs, or central lines) are necessary devices to provide dialysis or deliver certain therapies (vasopressors, hypertonic saline, chemotherapy, IV nutrition, etc). Almost 5 million CVCs are placed per year in the U.S. alone. As a direct portal to the bloodstream, central lines pose an inherent infection risk. Most catheter-related bloodstream infections are preventable, but this demands consistent and meticulous attention to simple (but easily overlooked) measures during

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We can all agree that evidence from clinical trials should guide practice. But. But. There are snags. One problem with evidence-based practice is that it’s harder than many experts would admit. Today I will use an example in the heart failure space. Many heart failure experts vigorously advocate for rapid and complete use of the four classes of drugs that have yielded positive results in trials.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We can all agree that evidence from clinical trials should guide practice. But. But. There are snags. One problem with evidence-based practice is that it’s harder than many experts would admit. Today I will use an example in the heart failure space. Many heart failure experts vigorously advocate for rapid and complete use of the four classes of drugs that have yielded positive results in trials.

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