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A score needs context. When a relevant calculator is available, FOAM Cortex can bring it into the answer workflow, with inputs, interpretation, limitations, and references. Try it: foamcortex.com
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Your team is telling you what’s missing. FOAM Cortex’s Knowledge Gaps helps you find unanswered institutional questions, add the guidance your team needs, and compare the answers before and after. foamcortex.com/institutions
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Your team already has the protocol. Make it easier to find in the answer. FOAM Cortex can prioritize institutional content alongside cited FOAM sources. Explore the Institutions beta: foamcortex.com/institutions
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A clinical answer is more useful when you can check its source. FOAM Cortex pairs structured EM answers with visible references and links to the original FOAM content. Ask your next question: foamcortex.com #FOAMed
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Shift question: stable regular wide-complex tachycardia—cardioversion, procainamide/amiodarone, or avoid AV nodal blockers? Open the response: FOAM Cortex turns the rhythm call into teachable ED decision support. foamcortex.com/share/fVg70gT…
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Shift question: severe agitation with unclear intoxication/medical cause—how do you calm safely without respiratory/QT harm? Open the response: meds, monitoring, and resident teaching priorities. foamcortex.com/share/qEU9zEU…
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Shift question: septic shock after 30 mL/kg and still hypotensive—when do you start norepi, and what do you reassess? Open the response: early pressors, perfusion, lactate, antibiotics, and source control. foamcortex.com/share/RF0MMuB…
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Shift question: 72-year-old syncope, normal ECG, negative first troponin—can he go home? Open the response: FOAM Cortex frames high-risk features, SFSR/CSRS context, and how to teach the discharge call. foamcortex.com/share/NmPmwAe…
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Local antibiotic guidance should account for local resistance. FOAM Cortex uses the selected institution + site to interpret a local antibiogram and return practical recommendations: options, dosing, cautions, adjustments, and sources. foamcortex.com/institutions
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EHR downtime is rare enough that most teams are unfamiliar with the details—and high-stakes enough that guessing is a bad plan. FOAM Cortex makes downtime easier to manage by turning local forms and policies into usable answers. foamcortex.com/institutions
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EHR downtime is rare enough that most teams are unfamiliar with the details—and high-stakes enough that guessing is a bad plan. FOAM Cortex makes downtime easier to manage by turning local forms and policies into usable answers. foamcortex.com/institutions
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Troponin, decoded. hsTn algorithms can be maddening. 10 ng/L is low, but not automatically “negative.” Serial testing, delta, ECG, timing, clinical risk, and institutional pathways all matter. FOAM Cortex turns the threshold maze into the next step. foamcortex.com
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Shift question: Febrile infant UTI fork 42-day-old fever, UA positive, well appearing: LP, ceftriaxone, or discharge? Open the response to see FOAM Cortex map the AAP-style pathway and follow-up traps: foamcortex.com/share/KPCpSAz…
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Shift question: Asthma vent trap Intubated asthma with rising CO2: what vent settings avoid auto-PEEP? Open the response to see a resus pathway for breath stacking, permissive hypercapnia, and sedation/paralysis: foamcortex.com/share/O48Ji17…
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Shift question: Hidden respiratory failure pH 7.22, HCO3 10, PaCO2 38: what’s the hidden second process? Open the response—FOAM Cortex uses the acid-base card + Winters logic instead of hand-waving: foamcortex.com/share/ls8ioAi…
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Question of the shift: Lateral canthotomy steps Orbital compartment syndrome: how do I perform lateral canthotomy and cantholysis? Open the response to see FOAM Cortex structure the procedure steps, pitfalls, and aftercare: foamcortex.com/share/HshOMgK…
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Question of the shift: POCUS in crashing shock Crashing undifferentiated shock: which POCUS findings change management now? Open the response and see how it structures the next moves: foamcortex.com/share/ruFoZ0L…
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Question of the shift: Toddler vomiting after fall 3-year-old minor head injury with vomiting, normal exam: CT or observe? Open the response—FOAM Cortex preselects PECARN and prefills age ≥2 + vomiting before the answer. foamcortex.com/share/JSKab2E…
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Source spotlight: Fractures.app A free bedside fracture-management app with injury-pattern illustrations, splint recommendations, management pearls, high-risk alerts, and follow-up guidance. Source: fractures.app FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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Institutional search should not treat every document equally. A current local pathway should beat an old slide deck. A concise algorithm should beat a twenty-page policy. FOAM Cortex routes the right content forward by recency, site specificity, and actionability.
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