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Top Blogs of 2021

Northwestern EM Blog

Congratulations to all of the authors with the most popular posts of 2021! 1. Pill in the Pocket (23,646 views) The runaway favorite of this year was Dr. David Feiger’s (NUEM ’22) and Dr. Jon Andereck’s (NUEM ’19) post reviewed by Dr. Kaustubha Patel of Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute about the “pill-in-the-pocket” approach to treating atrial fibrillation.

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The Empire of Covid Passport Tsar

Dr. No

Let us be clear from the start: the case, the whole case, and nothing but the case for the introduction covid vaccine passports rests on a single premise: that covid vaccination reduces the risk of onward transmission of covid–19 by vaccinated individuals. That is the alpha and the omega in the Empire of the Covid Passport Tsar. If folk, be they vaccinated or unvaccinated, are as likely the catch covid from a vaccinated individual as they to catch it from an unvaccinated individual, then there i

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Surviving Sepsis 21 | BOUGIE RCT | Humor Med Ed | Rocket Science v Brain Surgery | Christmas Poem

JournalFeed

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of December 20-24, 2021. We cover Surviving Sepsis 2021, BOUGIE RCT, the role of humor in medical education, the age old question of rocket science vs brain surgery (who is smarter), and a Christmas reflection.

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SGEM#353: At the COCA, COCA for OCHA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: December 21st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Spencer Greaves is an Emergency Medicine resident at Florida Atlantic University. He received his Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University and his Masters in Public Health from Dartmouth College. Spencer completed his medical doctorate at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He and his wife live in Boynton Beach, FL […] The post SGEM#353: At the COCA, COCA for OCHA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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ECG of the Week 29 December 2021 – Answer

EMergucate

A 78 year old male presents to ED complaining of chest pain. He has a PPM and ICD in situ. Below are 2 ECG’s of the patient while he is in ED.

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Fact-Checking Buffalo Chest

PulmCCM

Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] “It was after this realization that I began trying to find the ‘point’ of California, to locate some message in its history.” -Joan Didion Background A few months ago, I found myself in one of my favourite places – the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Meandering through the levels of skeletons, taxidermy and peculiar dioramas plucked from distant North American epochs, I reflected.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 055 | Salicylate poisoning

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. This time round we’ll look at an oldie but a goodie: salicylate poisoning. I have not seen one of these in quite some time but it is a classic tox. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. This time round we’ll look at an oldie but a goodie: salicylate poisoning.

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ECG of the Week – 29th December 2021

EMergucate

A 78 year old male presents to ED complaining of chest pain. He has a PPM and ICD in situ. Below are 2 ECG’s of the patient while he is in ED.

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Lab Case 345 interpretation

EMergucate

A 36 year old male BIBA as a priority 1 with altered GCS of 9. Patient is a known diabetic who received COVID vaccine 1 day prior and was vomiting.

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Lab Case 345

EMergucate

A 36 year old male BIBA as a priority 1 with altered GCS of 9. Patient is a known diabetic who received COVID vaccine 1 day prior and was vomiting.

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