@FOAM_Highlights

Links and discussion on various blogs, podcasts, and social media, in a simple and familiar forum, promoting the spread of #FOAMed.

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Here's another good post on ACS and using high sensitivity troponins: emergencymedicinecases.com/l…

Low Risk Chest Pain and High Sensitivity Troponin | Emergency Medicine Cases

This is EM Cases Episode 128 Low Risk Chest Pain and High Sensitivity Troponin - A Paradigm Shift Talk to any emergency doctor worth their salt, and they’ll tell you that it isn’t the wildly sick...

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rebelem.com/high-sensitivity… As my current institution is getting ready to roll out high sensitivity troponins, write ups like this one are extremely useful.

High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in a Multisite United States Cohort - REBEL EM - Emergency...

What is the diagnostic performance (safety and efficacy) of the Roche high sensitivity troponin T assay for the detection of 30-day MACE in a US cohort?

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A man in his 50s with acute chest pain without STEMI criteria. Trop negative. Cath lab cancelled. But how about the ECG and echo? #foamed hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/202… #ecg #feedly Good reminder and overview of de Winter T waves in OMI
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52 in 52 – #13: The ARREST Trial #foamed emdocs.net/52-in-52-13-the-a… #foamfeeds #feedly Nice review of the ACCESS trial looking at ECMO for OOHCA. Impressive results. Important to note the inclusion criteria.

52 in 52 - #13: The ARREST Trial - emDocs

Week 13 of the 52 in 52 series looks at the ARREST trial and VA ECMO with angiography and reperfusion in OHCA with ROSC.

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emcrit.org/pulmcrit/iv-epine… For severe anaphylaxis in those whom already have IV access, starting an Epi drip (or giving standard push dose epi while a drip is prepared) may be more beneficial than giving the Epi IM.

PulmCrit- How to use IV epinephrine for anaphylaxis

This is part of the Bleeding Edge Series, which explores particularly controversial topics which are lacking in a strong evidentiary basis (more on this

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Dental Infections: To Treat or Not to Treat? #foamed tamingthesru.com/blog/intern… #foamfeeds #feedly

Dental Infections: To Treat or Not to Treat? — Taming the SRU

Remember as a kid when you would come downstairs only to find your parent devouring your hard-earned Halloween candy? Consider it a favor. Though delicious, those globs of sticky sugar are a common...

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#EDBasics CRACKCast E218 – Gastrointestinal Bleeding #foamed canadiem.org/crackcast-e218-… #foamfeeds #feedly

CRACKCast E218 – Gastrointestinal Bleeding - CanadiEM

This updated episode of CRACKCast covers Rosen's Chapter 27 (9th Ed.) regarding gastrointestinal bleeding. With this review we hope to streamline your approach to patient's losing their circulatory...

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EM@3AM: Marine Animal Bites and Stings - emDocs

A 30-year-old male presents with intense left forearm pain after cleaning an aquarium at his job 20 minutes prior to arrival. He is unsure what kind of fish were in the aquarium. Physical exam...

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Great review emdocs.net/unlocking-common-…

Unlocking Common ED Procedures: Resuscitative Thoracotomy in the ED - emDocs

Resuscitative thoracotomy is an essential procedure to know for emergency clinicians. This post provides the indications, contraindications, steps, and pearls.

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REBEL Core Cast 40.0 - Wernicke Encephalopathy - REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog

Wernicke encephalopathy is characterized by ataxia, altered mental status and ophthalmoplegia but patients are unlikely to have all these components

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in EM we love clinical decision tools, risk stratification tools. HEART, Canadian (___), Wells, PERC, Ottawa (__)...but, what do we really know about them? a short thread from the talk (1/)
Baystate Emergency Medicine@BaystateEM24 Aug 2020
Stats are fun! with @LWestafer #FOAMed #emconf
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Remdesivir in Moderate COVID-19 - REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog

What is the efficacy of 5 or 10 days of remdesivir compared with standard care on clinical status at day 11 after initiation of treatment in patients with moderate COVID-19 pneumonia?

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Super important aspect of providing good medical care dontforgetthebubbles.com/saf…

Safety Netting

We worry when we send young people home that something terrible might happen - hence the need for good safety netting advice.

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aliem.com/saem-clinical-imag…

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Juvenile Snake Bite

Clinical Image Cases by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and ALiEM

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Even when he's posting that he's not giving content, he's still giving exceptional content. If you don't follow First10EM, you should. first10em.com/no-new-post-th…

No new post this week - First10EM

Thank you to everyone who continues to read this blog! I have managed to have a new post up every week for the last year. Including weeks with multiple posts, I have created more than 75 blog posts...

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Priapism - great review canadiem.org/priapism-case-r…

Priapism Case Report: Robert De Niro’s Hard Situation in “Little Fockers”. - CanadiEM

CASE PRESENTATION: Jack Byrnes, a 62-year-old Caucasian male, presented to the ER with a persistent, painful, 8-hour erection following the off-label use of Sustengo, a novel PDE5 inhibitor. Jack...

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Ketamine Potpourri — Taming the SRU

In our most recent journal club, we took a look at 3 articles focused on the use of ketamine in the Emergency Department. When treating pain with ketamine, does a rapid administration of ketamine...

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High end stuff from Dr Smith hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/202…
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