Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Role of Gaming in Emotional Well-being Stress Relief: Gaming can be a form of relaxation and stress relief, providing an escape from the pressures of daily life. There is a complex interplay between gaming, psychological needs, and adolescent well-being. It can offer a safe environment to unwind and engage in enjoyable activities.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

You know her well, and none of the usual anti-emetics seem to help her symptoms. While inwardly wishing you worked in a country where droperidol was available, you wonder whether there is any new research to guide your management. Unfortunately, nothing really works well for this condition.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 19, 2024

This has coincided with a widespread shortage of specialist placements for children facing behavioural, psychiatric, and child protection challenges, leading to an over-reliance on the placement of these children in hospitals. Just 20% of a person’s health and general well-being is related to access to care and the quality of services.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Pediatrics 52

SheMD

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Yes, I am a woman, yes I am a feminist, yes I am a physician, yes I am in academic leadership for a well-known emergency department… The yes’s are many, but what do I have to say that is so meaningful or useful that people would want to publish it? Well first of all, I didn’t do it in my 20’s, and I didn’t do it in residency.

Emergency Department 52

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Stefan Kertesz is Professor of Medicine at the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where his work includes leading VA and non-VA supported research focused on homeless healthcare and issues related to pain and opioids. Criticism of these programs is both well-deserved and unfair.

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ACEP Now

JULY 11, 2024

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for problem drinking in the primary setting, but we know that patients who present to the ED are twice as likely to engage in dangerous drinking, so arguably the ED is an important venue for screening as well. American Psychiatric Association. 2018.16789.

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Emergency Department Psychiatric Outcomes Wellness 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 29, 2023

You desire a psychiatric consult and learn that you don’t have in-person consult availability at this facility, but instead use telehealth services. TMH was significantly associated with increased ED/UCC length of stay and decreased odds of placing an involuntary psychiatric hold.

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Psychiatric Emergency Department Urgent Care Academics 40

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: As a quick survey of our audience before we begin, how many of you routinely encounter co-morbid psychiatric conditions in your ED patients, especially depression? Jeff: And how many of you struggle to admit or transfer patients for a formal psychiatric eval? Nachi: That would certainly be all of our listeners!

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. Jeff: And the etiology of CHS is not well understood. And the US DEA maintains cannabis as a Schedule I substance.

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Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

True Syncope: If, on the other hand, the patient is well, had no other serious symptoms , has a normal sinus rhythm, and normal physical exam , then you need to be certain the syncope was not due to a dangerous brady- or tachydysrhythmia that could recur. There are only 13 patients who appeared well in the ED and had an 'adverse event."

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

EMDocs

MARCH 6, 2025

1 Higher doses of antipsychotics are associated with a greater risk of TD 1 Generally, the lowest dose is started in antipsychotics to avoid TD, as well as many other possible side effects. This also functions in a cumulative fashion as well. Psychiatric consultation should be considered. 2 Adapted from: Bashir, H.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Prenatal opioid exposure and well-child care in the first 2 years of life: population-based cohort study. Eur J Pediatr. Loe IM, et al. 2023 Jun;257:113325.

Pediatrics 98

Pediatrics Emergency Department Outcomes Fractures 98

Maria Yang, MD

DECEMBER 1, 2024

For example, the Office of Policy Development and Research published Housing First: A Review of the Evidence. If you find a place to sleep, but there isn’t a door you can lock (or a door, period), you probably won’t sleep well. A psychiatrist can help people with significant psychiatric conditions (like schizophrenia) who are homeless.

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Psychiatric Domestic Violence Administration Research 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. While adenotonsillectomy may not directly impact cognitive functions, it can benefit other aspects of health and well-being in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 9, 2024

It is well-recognised that the environment in the PICU can negatively affect children and their parents/caregivers, increasing the probability of delirium. About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I learned of Mr. Ryan during the monkeypox outbreak, our empirical research found that he was the single most accurate source of information on Twitter/X… Read more a month ago · 267 likes · 62 comments · Benjamin Ryan This is a controversial topic, and it is not usually well covered in medical journals or the lay media.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The TOGETHER trial is a well-regarded, randomised, adaptive platform trial investigating repurposed treatments for COVID-19 among high-risk, adult, outpatients. As well, did the difference in fluvoxamine dosing play any role [i.e., In an effort to replicate the findings of Lenze et al.

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Hospitals Psychiatric Wellness 40

Maria Yang, MD

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Singer, that the psychiatric profession has yet to designate internet addiction or social media addiction as a mental disorder in the authoritative Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR). They point out, as does Cato fellow Jeffrey A. Its true: People use the internet for a variety of reasons.

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