Sensible Medicine

JULY 29, 2024

Let’s think today about one of evidence-based medicine’s biggest blind spots: the study of policies. Drugs, devices and treatment strategies often face the challenge of randomized trials. Yet policies mostly escape this challenge. It seems all a policy needs is a strong champion and plausibility. Yet the failure of the hospital readmission penalty policy and sepsis protocols expose the risks of implementing a policy because it sounds good.

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First 10 EM

JULY 29, 2024

Gestalt for sepsis? This paper hits two of my biggest pet peeves in medicine. 1) The endless emphasis on rushing to hit treatment targets in sepsis or otherwise and 2) the assumption that decision instruments must be better than basic clinical judgment. I am aware, therefore, that my interpretation is more likely to be biased, […] The post Gestalt is better than decision tools for identifying sepsis appeared first on First10EM.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 29, 2024

On Friday, JAMA Health Forum published a study that is just more evidence that public health interventions against COVID-19 saved lives. The post As imperfect as they are, public health interventions save lives first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EMCrit

JULY 29, 2024

Is THAM the better bicarb? Find out in this jam-packed episode in the acid base series. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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The Evolution & Medicine Review

JULY 29, 2024

This wonderful symposium is free of charge and abstracts are welcome until October. Full information at the website. About: Our evolutionary history has shaped our genomes and thus our susceptibility to disease. Each patient can be viewed as the result of an evolutionary process that started billions of years ago and continues to this day.

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Emergency Live

JULY 29, 2024

NANUK introduces its new line of eco-friendly first aid kits: R-Collection. A step forward for the company toward sustainability The world leader in high-performance protective cases NANUK takes a new step toward a more sustainable future. It is redefining industry standards with its new line of eco-friendly first aid kits, the R-Collection. This new line […] The post NANUK revolutionizes First Aid Kits with the environmentally sustainable R-Collection appeared first on Emergency Live.

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PEMBlog

JULY 29, 2024

Dog bites are unfortunately common in the Emergency Department. Remembering which ones to suture for cosmetic concerns while assuring we reduce the risk of infections is important. Also, most should get antibiotics. Which one? Dogmentin! (It’s a portmanteau of Dog and Augmentin)… Lyrics What you’re hearin’ is true, dog bites on the rise Take a big chunk outta hands face or thighs Animal safety prevention 101 cuddly puppies can still bring us fun But if kids are bitten we

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