Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2024

In a recent post on Sensible Medicine, written on my phone while traveling, I criticized a randomized trial of masking in the BMJ that found Norweigans told to wear masks for 2 weeks had a lower self-reported rate of cold symptoms from 12% to 9%. A reduction of 3%. In a follow up post , Adam Cifu, my friend and colleague, took me to task. Let me highlight his criticism, and why he is wrong both about the trial, and my Kurt Cobain shirt.

Research 121

Research Wellness 121

EM SIM Cases

JULY 28, 2024

This case comes from Dr Aneesha Thouli and Dr Brad Stebner. Dr Brad Stebner is a staff emergency physician at Kelowna General Hospital. His interests include medical education and leadership, sports medicine, and health care administration. He is particularly interested in using simulation to evaluate system efficiency, crisis resource management, and interprofessional collaboration.

Leadership 52

Leadership Administration EKG/ECG Hospitals 52

PulmCCM

JULY 28, 2024

Tenecteplase (TNK) has become standard therapy at many centers for ischemic stroke presenting within 4.5 hours of symptom onset.

Stroke 52

Stroke Administration 52

Pediatric Education

JULY 28, 2024

Patient Presentation A 3-day-old 39 gestation female came to clinic for her first evaluation after discharge from the normal newborn nursery where she had an uneventful course. Her mother said she was feeding well every 2-3 hours and had been urinating and stooling frequency. She was very mildly jaundiced and her transcutaneous bilirubin was 7.2 mg/dL.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Radiology Radiology Wellness 40