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The inspiration for the SGEM Xtra episode is the BMJ 2022 holiday article called "The 12 Days of Christmas, the Statistician Gave to Me,". Its fun to mix it up and not do a structured critical appraisal of a recent publication and have a more philosophical chat.
Case: The Chief of Emergency Medicine (EM) at a large urban hospital recently approached the AI Committee at Unity Health, intrigued by the CMAJ article describing the apparent success of CHARTWatch in detecting early signs of patient deterioration.
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This evidence-based article helps trauma professionals make informed decisions about thoracostomy tube size, keeping patient outcomes and comfort at the forefront. However, for severe trauma or urgent settings, large-bore remains the go-to option.
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I decided to talk about an article Dr. Herbert L Fred published in 1998. Dr. Herbert Fred This brings us to the article that this lecture is based on. His article responded with what could be interpreted as some ageism about the students. Fernada Bellolio to the Mayo Clinic and present to the Department of Emergency Medicine.
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Continuing the discussion from last Lightning Rounds about presenting at conferences, Brandon and Bryan chat about writing for peer-reviewed journals: why, how, and the process from choosing co-authors to choosing journals to navigating the submission.
AEM June 2024 Population: Empirical, peer-reviewed journal articles written in English about conflict in the ED context that answered one of the identified research questions. Clinical Question: What drives conflict in emergency medicine and are there strategies to reduce conflict? Reference: Tjan et al.
Will these articles change your practice? Do you change your practice when new evidence is published? Will you read them? Does anyone read them? I dont know, but here is another month of my reading summarized. For the regular readers, you will have noticed I have taken a few weeks off.
With insights into drug protocols, administration methods, and governance, the article highlights challenges and opportunities for standardisation in prehospital care. Ideal for clinicians and researchers aiming to optimise anaesthesia practices and enhance patient outcomes in emergency settings.
Additionally, forwards and backwards reference tracing of eligible literature was performed to identify further articles. Study registries were also reviewed to identify the protocols of ongoing or planned studies. Results A total of ten studies were identified.
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I found this article very helpful and practical, particularly for situations when a patient presents with a facial fracture and no specialist or subspecialist is immediately available. Link to article It provides valuable guidance on which injuries may not warrant emergent consultation.
years, showing that JBCR articles remain relevant and cited long after publication. The Impact Factor measures how often articles from a journal are cited in other scholarly work over a specific period. A Stronger Impact in 2024 In June 2025, JBCR’s 2024 Impact Factor rose to 1.8 from 1.5), with a 5-year Impact Factor of 2.0
This was made possible thanks to our new co-editor, Dr. Andres Lopez , who revamped and updated the entire curriculum with Dr. Christina Shenvi to include more current articles, updated links, and new quiz questions. communication, efficiency).
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Articles, articles, articles. These articles can be digested in podcast version, if you prefer, either through the BroomeDocs site, or on YouTube. So much wonderful science to improve patient care. So little time. Do you just skip to the bottom line?
There is an article published in AEM, with an author list that includes the who’s who of decision rules – from Jeff Kline to Nathan Kupperman to my BFF Chris Carpenter. For a decision instrument to benefit patients, it needs to have more than a high sensitivity. It needs to change physician practice for the better.
These clinical syndromes have been endorsed by experts over the last 15 years or so and lend itself to a convenient breakdown of differential diagnoses: Table 1 from cited article. Strengths Assembles cohesive expert recommendations on a familiar yet confusing and contentious chief complaint.
Tim approached me about an article he wrote and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ). The title of the article was “Physician, heal thyself” and was in the humanities section of the October 2021 issue. This article resonated with many people and was the 6th most read CMAJ article of 2021.
In this first EMC Journal Club (where we take the "boring" out of journal clubs and deliver clear, concise, practical practice changing critical appraisal knowledge based on an Emergency Medicine journal article that may have passed your radar - not too detailed and not too brief), Dr. Rohit Mohindra, an Emergency Physician at North York General in (..)
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Results: Article selection: 3915 studies identified. 134 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility. They utilized an experienced research librarian which increases the likelihood of finding all relevant articles. Occurrence of esophageal intubations. Occurrence of postprocedural sore throat. 1217 duplicated removed.
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I asked Melanie to come on the show and discuss her recent article in Skeptical Inquirer and explain the acronym she created called FLOATER. This was the basis for her article in Skeptical Inquirer. I then discovered her amazing website called Thinking is Power.
Some big and potentially practice changing articles this month. (I I tend to read ridiculous articles in my free time, which I have had very little of, and so there are no intubation in outer space or highly philosophical papers about the language this month. Don’t worry, there is still a very bad joke.)
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