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146. UGIB's: What the heck is a Goody's Powder?!

Board Bombs

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.com. Have you heard of Goody’s or BC powder? Can you guess how much NSAIDs are in each packet!? Its a wonder how few people get GI bleeds when you read the label on these OTC meds. Let’s talk UGIB, diagnosis, management, and pearls and pitfalls.

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SGEM Xtra: Are tPA Stroke Trials Really Fragile?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: August 18th, 2022 Reference: Munn et al. Fragility Index Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Shows Highly Robust Evidential Strength for Benefit of The post SGEM Xtra: Are tPA Stroke Trials Really Fragile? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: August 18th, 2022 Reference: Munn et al. Fragility Index Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Shows Highly Robust Evidential Strength for Benefit of <3 Hour Intravenous Alteplase.

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PulmCCM

This is PulmCCM , a newsletter about critical care and pulmonary medicine.

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Lab case 376 interpretation

EMergucate

Answers: Question 1: Colour is clear and colourless, that is usually normal or viral meningitis.

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Non-Op Stabbings | Adult Epiglottitis

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 15-19, 2022. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Non-Op Stabbings Spoon Feed: In abdominal stab wound patients without criteria for immediate operative intervention, 24 hours of observation was sufficient to identify a failure of conservative management.

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Allyship: Gendered Microaggressions

EM SIM Cases

This novel case comes from Drs. Melissa Bouwsema, Tia Warkentin and Erin Brennan. Drs Bouwsema and Warkentin are Emergency Medicine Residents at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Brennan is an attending Emergency Physician at Kingston General Hospital and Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Queen’s University.

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Lab case 377

EMergucate

54-year-old asthmatic patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting. Her pulse-rate was 110 and blood pressure was 96/54.

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