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What Does it Mean to Own the Next 4 Years?

Science Based Medicine

It means pertussis and measles outbreaks will be happening under your watch and you'll be held responsible while your boss is an anti-vaxx crank. Enjoy! The post What Does it Mean to Own the Next 4 Years? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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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

Date: October 28, 2024 Reference: Verma et al. Clinical evaluation of a machine learning–based early warning system for patient deterioration. CMAJ September 2024 Guest Skeptic: Michael Page is currently the Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Commercialization at Unity Health Toronto. He leads an AI team intending to improve patient outcomes and healthcare system efficiency.

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Best Side To Infraclavicular | Pediatric Opioid Guidelines

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Nov 11-15, 2024. 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. Tuesday Spoon Feed: In this randomized control trial of left versus right ultrasound-guided infraclavicular subclavian central venous access, the left-sided approach was associated with a lower catheter malposition rate.

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Emergency Evidence Updates – October 2024

The Bottom Line

What’s new in the Critical Care literature – monthly updates

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EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

EMDocs

Authors: Steven Wright, MD (EM Resident Physician, UTSW – Dallas, TX); Samia Farooqi, MD (Assistant Professor of EM/Attending Physician, UTSW – Dallas, TX) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, 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 providing an expedited review of clinical basics.

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – October 2024

The Bottom Line

What’s new in the Critical Care literature – monthly updates

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Why Doctors Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love MAHA

Sensible Medicine

President-elect Trump dropped a bomb on the medical world on Thursday with his nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees almost all government health agencies (FDA, CDC, NIH) and funds and regulates a substantial portion of US health care through CMS. The selection is likely to provoke strong reactions in the medical and public health establishment, as RFK threatens to upend a system under which they have succeeded.

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