Science Based Medicine

JANUARY 14, 2024

The latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics is filled with misinformation and missing key articles that support the well-researched conclusion that there is no legitimate evidence of negative health effects of glyphosate.

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Pediatrics Research Wellness 127

Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The concept of well-being interventions for ED staff is a growing area of interest and research worldwide. Various interventions are described in the literature, yet little is known about the experience of ED staff in the UK of interventions designed to support their well-being.

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Emergency Department Wellness Research 52

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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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

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

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.

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Research Emergency Department Wellness 52

Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

These benefits are all well researched and copiously documented. We have often stated here on SBM that vaccine programs are the most effective, and most cost effective, public health measures in human history. They save lives, prevent disease, and save money.

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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

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

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

PulmCCM

JANUARY 23, 2025

The lack of a reliable diagnostic test or universally accepted criteria to diagnose sepsis leads to significant challenges in clinical practice and research. Bands 2 and 3 did not discriminate well and did not provide useful or actionable information. This was seen in about 1/4 of the patients.

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Sepsis Wellness Emergency Department Research 45

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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RebelEM

JUNE 22, 2023

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been the focus of massive research efforts over the last three years. Blinding procedures were well constructed as to mask group allocation. The mechanism of action for metformin’s reduction in long-COVID is not well-understood. More research is necessary in this area.

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Outcomes Research Documentation/Coding Wellness 135

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

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 122

EM Literature of Note

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But, the net effect becomes – the ED is a focus for patient safety research. In modern parlance, “diagnostic errors” become “missed opportunities for diagnosis” (MODs), and well-meaning researchers are devising further methods to shine bright lights upon our inadequacies.

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Emergency Department Stroke Patient Safety Research 95

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

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 83

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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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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Research Wellness 106

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

Sensible Medicine

MAY 30, 2023

Inter alia, if it wasn’t for his research, plenty of the work of academic journal editors and science publishers would go unnoticed, through thick and thin. Instead, his meta-research prompts us to question about these professions and about the future of science communication. Thank goodness John Ioannidis exists.

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Research Academics Wellness 97

Medagadget

AUGUST 9, 2023

Researchers at the University of Würzburg in Germany have developed a portable scanner that is the first to be able to image humans using Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). Previous inceptions of MPI technology were too large and expensive and were primarily designed for use in experimental animals.

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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 132

Medagadget

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a highly sensitive pressure sensor that can provide haptic feedback for surgeons using laparoscopic tools or for use in robotic grippers as part of robotic surgical systems. The introduction of soft and readily integrable eAir sensors, however, could be a game-changer.”

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Research Operations Outcomes Wellness 93

SheMD

JULY 30, 2023

We typically recommend medical school applicants to get letters of recommendation from: 2 professors who taught you in science courses, 1 professor who taught you in a non-science course, and 1 non-academic mentor who knows you well. Ask your potential letter of recommendation writers well in advance. Definitely!

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Academics Leadership Research Wellness 104

The Trauma Pro

APRIL 30, 2024

In the next post, I’ll look at a brand new paper that includes a cost analysis as well. Until we have better research to learn from, I suggest the following: Time is of the essence. Today, I’ll look at an earlier review article summarizing some smaller studies comparing it to angioembolization.

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Radiology Radiology Research Fractures 113

The Trauma Pro

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Researchers from the US Army performed a retrospective registry study on a sample of military casualties over four years. These low numbers and the nature of this particular registry could inject significant bias as well. They identified soldiers who received either room-temperature or cold-stored platelets.

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Military Blood Transfusions Administration Outcomes 113

Medagadget

AUGUST 8, 2023

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a bacteriophage system to identify and treat bacterial bladder infections. Well, antibiotics are looking increasingly shaky as bacteria evolve to resist them, so researchers are returning to bacteriophages as a way to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.

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Research Wellness 81

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Your partner asks if you want to administer naloxone as well. Naloxone is a well-established medication used primarily for reversing opioid overdoses. Its safety profile is well-tolerated, with the primary adverse effects related to the abrupt reversal of opioid effects, such as acute withdrawal symptoms.

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Hospitals CPR EMS Outcomes 98

Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Here is what the USPSTF says: They call for more research. That is my conclusion as well, and I favor large, pragmatic randomized trials in adults and kids with staggered starting times (adults first — to protect kids from harms we may not yet know). Now let’s compare the two documents. And here too with specific endpoints.

Pediatrics 145

Pediatrics Documentation/Coding Burns Academics 145

Sensible Medicine

MARCH 12, 2024

On February 8th, Lisa Rosenbaum published an excellent and thought-provoking piece in the New England Journal titled: On Being Well While Doing Well — Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training. If you haven’t read the article, please do.

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Wellness Academics Research 127

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 21, 2023

On yesterday’s podcast , I talked with Bobby Yeh, an academic cardiologist who made a compelling case for enhancing credibility of observational research. The reasons are multiple, but I will articulate a few: Most epidemiological studies are done from large data sets that are not collected for the purpose of research.

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Administration Outcomes Research COPD 98

Intensive Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Finally, this video was made possible by an education project grant awarded by The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation , a charity dedicated to improving the care of critically ill patients by raising funds for clinical research projects as well as the education of health professionals responsible for intensive care.

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Administration Research Wellness 75

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Early in the psychology replication crisis, one of the most scrutinized articles was by Cornell researcher Daryl Bem , who claimed that he had proven that humans had precognition. A few researchers (Florence LeCraw, Danial Montanera, and Thomas Mroz) found no fewer than three major errors in the 2018 article.

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