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🎉 Huge congratulations to @AnishJayJain on matching into the Surgical Oncology Fellowship at @UTMDAnderson!! 👏🏥
@StanfordSurgery @OpNotes
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The framing for this has always seemed strange to me.
Surgery has a 0% failure rate at preventing recurrent appendicitis (yes if done well) and antibiotics a 44% failure rate.
Unless surgery is strongly contraindicated, appendectomy seems like the right choice.
In adults with uncomplicated #appendicitis, 44% treated with antibiotics required appendectomy within 10 years, but complication rates were lower and quality of life similar to surgery.
ja.ma/3NU446Z
ALT JAMA | Original Investigation: Kaplan-Meier graph showing time to true appendicitis recurrence after antibiotic therapy at 10-year follow-up. The graph shows increasing recurrence over time, from 0 to around 37% at 10 years.
Check out StEMIx this Nov from my colleagues @StanfordEMED. Register at StEMIx.live to join in. Content is going to be awesome.
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Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Dr. Samantha Garza. In honor of Sam's life, we invite you to donate in her memory to fund brain tumor research. Thank you to everyone who supported Sam throughout her battle. We love you forever, Sam.
gofund.me/94b84c9b
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
You would expect international STEMI registries to drive quality improvement.
Unfortunately, incorporation bias leads many to mistakenly believe STEMI is a solved problem—yet patients who are missed never even make it into these registries!
Great editorial on this topic by @matt_bivens
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
When I’m the on call intensivist, I make it clear to my team that if we’re called to help with critically ill patients, having no available ICU beds is irrelevant
Critical Care is a People, not a Place
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Lasix is NOT nephrotoxic 🫘
Please retweet so we can end this myth once and for all 🦄
Rising creatinine is more often an indicator of inadequate Lasix dosing than excessive!!
Lasix can only harm the kidneys if it decreases cardiac output by dropping preload to the point of reducing stroke volume... as someone who scans these patients regularly this is surprisingly rare!
If a patient still has venous congestion (on Doppler), then Lasix is not driving the AKI. Instead, their AKI is from untreated congestion!!
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Our article on Sonographic Lavage, using gastric ultrasound in GIB (authors.elsevier.com/a/1kQy4…) was chosen by Probing the Literature, ACEP’s journal club! I’ll be there as this month’s guest host! Hope you can make it!
Join us for our next ACEP EUS/@SAEMAEUS #POCUS Journal Club: Probing the Literature!
🔎Topic: Gastric Ultrasound
📆Thurs 2/13 at 2p ET/1p CT/11a PT
🔗ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register…
📄EngagED
@ZachBoivinMD @NMDuggaNMD @EMSonoMama @LynnRoppolo @schnittkUSound @AShannonMD @SLWerner_EM
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
Sometimes I wish I could give letter writers feedback on their LORs.
I legit wonder what they are thinking sometimes.
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The most important thing you can do for your team collectively is to understand what growth trajectory each person wants to be on at a given time and whether that matches the needs and opportunities of the team.
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
Finding ways to convey to our patients (and each other) that
1. we get it (competence)
2. we get them (empathy and compassion)
#LoMaH #bestjobever #EMConf #GrandRounds #MedEd #IamHuman
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
Moving Expectations to mindsets...
🔥Expectations are easily proned to be disconfirmed.
💪🏾Mindsets or beliefs focus on way of seeing things and has more room for making the reality more true.
#LoMaH #bestjobever #EMConf #GrandRounds
Marc Berenson, MD retweeted
So excited! Dr. @AliaCrum, a leading expert on the stress-is-enhancing mindset, is speaking at this month’s @StanfordEMED #EMConf #GrandRounds🔥🌲
How can we begin shifting our mindsets and beliefs?
#doctorsarehumanstoo #IamHuman #bestjobever #LoMaH #MedEd
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This is big.
@jbcarmody called it—now EM is switching to CAS:
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aai…
Living legend @MikeGisondi shares a powerful story.
NEW on #Trailblazers: Navigating 1st Gen Success
Dr. @MikeGisondi shares his inspiring journey from a working-class background to becoming Vice Chair of Education @StanfordEMED. Discover how mentorship & perseverance shaped his career in medicine. #CME
youtu.be/owqCKuY7fqQ?si=bBPC…
What an amazing time with some fantastic Ed Researchers from across the country. Badass humans and doctors. Such a privilege to be mentored by @StefSebok and @CoatesMedEd
SAEM enjoyed having its ARMED MedEd cohort in town this week! It was wonderful for participants to network in person and gain great insights during the sessions.
Interested in applying? Applications for the next cohort are due October 31: ow.ly/z18S50TlsXh
What a privilege it was to attend this Grand Rounds today. Chief Moon has an important story to tell.
Standing room only for today's #EMgrandrounds speaker JOHN MOON of Pittsburgh's #FreedomHouseAmbulance.
A true honor to hear from this #EMS pioneer and champion of equitable pre-hospital care.
#FreedomHouseEMS
