Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In contrast, Kochanek reviewed each meta-analysis, as well as the RCT and secondary analyses, separately to assess overall results and potential moderators of effect. 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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Pediatric EM Morsels

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unfortunately, the possibility of congenital infections always looms large as well, including congenital syphilis. We have previously touched on congenital issues like Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia , Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation , Neonatal Leukemia , and of course there is always the Inconsolable Infant.

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Infectious Diseases CDC Pediatrics Fractures 271

The Trauma Pro

JUNE 4, 2024

They also need to stick well to a chest wall, which may have blood or other fluids that might disrupt the seal completely. The US Army Institute of Surgical Research examined 5 currently FDA-approved products to determine their ability to adhere to bleeding chest wounds, and to drain accumulating air and/or blood from the pleural space.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 30, 2024

Zeraatkar’s bio: Dena Zeraatkar, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University. She earned her doctoral degree at McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology graduate program. Stay for her final comment. It made me so happy.

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Research Wellness 126

American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology is transforming the approach to diabetes care for healthcare providers, including endocrinologists, diabetes educators, and nurses, as well as for the patients they support. However, to maximize its benefits, healthcare providers must be well-versed in the technology.

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Outcomes Wellness Operations Pediatrics 105

ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

A sense of purpose is an integral part of well-being. Passion for womens health may lead one to research and advocate for more effective emergency contraceptive options in your department. 9 Furthermore, meaningful work is a cornerstone in the longevity of career academic physicians. Psychosom Med. 2016;78(2):122133. 2020;9(1):533.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 15, 2024

Being well versed in domains of history and sports may even have a greater impact in the clinic, as it allows you to bond with many patients. We force students to do fake research. This is almost exclusively low value, irreproducible, unhelpful research. Universities make this happen. Universities make this happen.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Much more subtle ( but still definitely present ) in this 2009 case — is the lack of even slight ST elevation that we normally see in leads V2 and V3 ( as well as some very subtle ST segment straightening in V2 ). The more abnormal leads and lead areas you can identify in a given ECG — the more solid the evidence of acute OMI becomes.

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EKG/ECG Research Outcomes Wellness 133

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Date: Oct 15, 2024 Dr. Tabitha Cheng Guest Skeptic: Dr. Tabitha Cheng is a Southern California native and board-certified emergency medicine physician and completed an EMS fellowship as well. The learning didnt end because she then completed another fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Harbor UCLA.

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Pediatrics EMS Emergency Department Research 82

EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. BioMed Research International, 2020, 1-10. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 Medications: 25.6%

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EMS Infectious Diseases Allergic Reactions Fluid Resuscitation 94

Emergency Live

AUGUST 1, 2024

Not only nutritious and sustainable legumes, the beans become a real gold mine for our well-being A legume against melancholy Nadia Mohd-Radzman, brilliant botanist at the University of Cambridge, is launching a real crusade: to help the British Isles rediscover the extraordinary properties of the broad beans.

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Research Wellness 52

American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Regular sessions ensure that providers stay informed about the latest vaccine research, techniques for managing hesitancy, and evolving cultural contexts. Pediatric immunization training provides a solid foundation in these areas, letting providers confidently discuss vaccine efficacy and safety.

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Pediatrics Administration CDC Research 105

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This week in the New England Journal of Medicine , researchers from Harvard, took patients dying of neuroendocrine tumor (this is what Steve Jobs died of) and randomized them to a costly, toxic, branded drug or sugar pill. But you cannot use placebo if there are proven or well accepted alternatives.

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Hospice Wellness Research 101

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 25, 2025

Evidence of questionable research practices in clinical prediction models. ROC curves help clinicians determine how well a test or model can differentiate between patients with and without a condition. Their widespread use introduces a strong temptation for researchers to achieve better AUC values.

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Research EMS Documentation/Coding Operations 48

RCEM Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2023

My reflections from the 14 th NIHR Doctoral Research Training Camp – Applying for Further Funding 26-28 th June 2023 Imogen Skene I was pleased to be nominated by the NIHR Emergency Care Incubator to attend this year’s NIHR Doctoral Research Training Camp in Crewe. The attendees were PhD students from across the country.

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Research Teamwork Wellness 52

The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 6, 2023

At the time, there was a debate about whether the procedure should be done immediately versus waiting until the patient was well-resuscitated. The first is from an international research group that searched the usual databases and initially found 921 records. However, the same question arises: do it early or wait a while?

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Head Injuries Research Hospitals Resuscitation 147

Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The use of dock leaves to ease the discomfort of nettle stings is a well-known folk remedy in the British Isles, yet has never been tested in a clinical trial.

Research 52

Research Emergency Department Wellness 52

PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Well cover its clinical presentation, epidemiology, diagnostic approach, and management, including why standard beta-lactam antibiotics wont work. Plus, well discuss whether M. pneumoniae even needs to be treated in the first place! Clinical Features and Management Strategies in Children With Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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Pediatrics Military CDC Hospitals 94

NIOSH Science Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Historically, suicide, mental health, and well-being have been underrepresented in workplace health and safety efforts, but this is changing. 1] Some of the latest workplace research and best practices for the prevention of suicide are summarized below as a resource for employers and workers.

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Best Practices Research Wellness 109

RebelEM

JANUARY 21, 2025

Wells’ , Revised Geneva ) or clinical gestalt. PMID: 39487597 Clinical Question: Can a negative D-dimer safely exclude PE in patients with high pre-test probability for PE (as determined by Wells or Revised Geneva Scores)? Acad Emerg Med 2024. 70 of these patients were below the age-adjusted D-dimer threshold.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. Many clinicians staffing emergency departments intubate infrequently, as well, and these results are likely applicable to a wide scope of practice. The post Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023 appeared first on ACEP Now.

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Research Airway Management Stroke Outcomes 52

Medagadget

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a sophisticated microfluidic system that incorporates tissue from up to eight different organ systems. The technology is unprecedented in allowing researchers to study complex interactions between different organs during disease.

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Research Wellness 89

Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2024

Research payments go to universities and fund trials, and personal payments go into the doctor's pocket. You don’t have to take personal payments to get research payments. Approximately ~100% of academic oncologists eat well every night, don’t lose their homes, send their kids to college, and die with millions in the bank.

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Academics Poisoning Research Wellness 145

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 6, 2024

She co-founded FOAMcast and is a pulmonary embolism and implementation science researcher. Dr. Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine. An abdominal pelvic CT scan demonstrates uncomplicated left-sided diverticulitis.

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Teamwork Leadership Research Patient Safety 96

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Surely you do as well. You can improve your chances by eating well, exercising, avoiding smoking and too much alcohol. Cancer researchers recently quantified the costs of (initial) cancer screening in one year in the US. But first we should set out, as the researchers did, that this is an underestimate of the costs.

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Outcomes Research Wellness Hospitals 133

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A greater number of patients randomized to “standard of care” attained modified Rankin scores of 0 to 3 than the Andexxa cohort, as well. The post The Latest Research in Neurologic Emergencies appeared first on ACEP Now. Connolly SJ, Sharma M, Cohen AT, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(19):1745-1755.

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Research Stroke Outcomes Sepsis 49

Emergency Live

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We explore how some viruses may be causing cancer diseases and what are the prevention strategies The Connection Between Viruses and Cancer Research has shown that some viruses, known as oncoviruses, can contribute to the development of tumors in various organs of the human body.

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Research Wellness 98

Emergency Live

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Overview of Uncommon Oncological Cases and the Challenges in their Identification and Treatment Tumors represent one of the leading causes of mortality globally, but not all are equally well-known or studied. Among these, some stand out for their rarity, challenging physicians and researchers in diagnosis and treatment.

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Research Wellness 98

Medagadget

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a technique that lets clinicians to characterize and monitor melanoma. The Simoa method involves capturing these molecules using an antibody attached to a magnetic bead, which allows the researchers to use magnets to separate and isolate the molecules for ultimate detection.

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Research Ultrasounds Wellness 99

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 5, 2024

We collected data directly from the bedside clinician which enabled us to gather pertinent patient symptoms and physical examination findings that may not be well documented in the medical record, but more accurately identify the child’s injuries.” Cervical spine injuries in children associated with sports and recreational activities.

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Pediatrics Head Injuries Dislocations Research 164

Medagadget

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The approach could enhance CAR T cell therapy in solid tumors, which hasn’t worked as well as CAR T cell therapy for blood-borne cancers to date. While this approach has worked reasonably well in blood-borne cancers, such as leukemia, it has proven more difficult to target solid tumors.

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Research Wellness 96

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Double lung transplants for cancer should be done only as research, if at all In medicine, we draw a distinction between research and practice. Researchers find grants to fund experimental ideas, and clear them with ethical and scientific committees. Insurers take money from everyone to provide evidence based care to all of us.

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Operations Research Wellness 139

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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Research Psychiatric CDC Best Practices 132

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

The DIMPLES study by PERUKI sought to investigate the incidence of new-onset diabetes in the paediatric population across the UK and Ireland, as well as the characteristics of these ED presentations, and to determine if SARS-CoV2 infection was involved. The patients were identified through site leads from the PERUKI research network.

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Emergency Department Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 135

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 2, 2023

He is the Creator and founder of REBEL EM, a free, critical appraisal blog that tries to cut down knowledge translation gaps of research to bedside clinical practice ( [link] ). His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 13 with obvious head trauma as well. Salim Rezaie is a community emergency physician in San Antonio, TX.

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EMS Outcomes Hospitals Research 145

Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2024

Ann Emerg Med 2024 Background Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well as the rest of the world. They then tested the LASSO model using the remaining 20% of data to see how well it could detect sepsis at the same time points.

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Sepsis Resuscitation Emergency Department Wellness 89

Medagadget

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have developed a microfluidic chip that can recreate some of the features of radiation-induced lung injury. In response, these researchers have developed an advanced in vitro system that can mimic some of the aspects of radiation-induced lung damage.

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