EM Literature of Note

AUGUST 25, 2024

Move over ketamine and TXA, there’s another medication gradually approaching do-it-all darling status in Emergency Medicine: dexamethasone. Sore throats? Croup? Headaches? Non-specific aches? Well, yes to all of the above, in the appropriate clinical context – But, most prominently, as featured in this brief report, for asthma – particularly childhood asthma.

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Pediatric Education

AUGUST 25, 2024

Patient Presentation A 4-year-old male came to clinic for his well-child evaluation. He was doing well and would start pre-school in the fall. The past medical history showed that after birth he had a history of macroglossia and possible hemihypertrophy, both of which he outgrew. Genetic consultation had recommended testing for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome which was done and was negative.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 25, 2024

A few weeks ago John Mandrola broke twitter (as we used to say) with this tweet. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I’ll admit that nothing I have ever said or written has every garnered 4.5M views. He followed it up with an article. Vinay Prasad took a swipe at him.

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Board Bombs

AUGUST 25, 2024

Penetrating and blunt trauma are bread and butter for most emergency physicians. Let's cover the rare, but scary presentation of traumatic arrest. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kindhere. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 232. Trauma Arrest. August 25th, 2024.

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Outcomes

ECG Guru

AUGUST 25, 2024

Sometimes you see an ECG strip, look at it and then put it away again with the thought: I don't understand this. But if you take your time and analyze the ECG systematically, you will usually come to a good result. This is an example of such an ECG (certainly not the most difficult). The explanation is shown in the 2nd picture.

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Board Bombs

AUGUST 25, 2024

Penetrating and blunt trauma are bread and butter for most emergency physicians. Let's cover the rare, but scary presentation of traumatic arrest. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 232. Trauma Arrest. August 25th, 2024.

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