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SGEM Xtra: The 12 Days of Christmas the SGEM Gave to Me

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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.

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SGEM#460: Why Do I Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me – CHARTWatch to Predict Clinical Deterioration

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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JC: Do physician led prehospital teams improve outcomes?

St. Emlyn's

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This article explores the impact of physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital teams on survival and mortality outcomes for critically ill and injured patients.

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Research Roundup: Another old article dump

First 10 EM

Time for another edition of the ‘old article dump’. I have been clearing some of these old PDFs out of my computer, but I […] The post Research Roundup: Another old article dump appeared first on First10EM.

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JC: Small versus Large-Bore Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemothorax.

St. Emlyn's

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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Research Roundup: Old article dump

First 10 EM

I have started clearing out old PDFs for papers I never found time to fully appraise, but I figured that if the titles caught […] The post Research Roundup: Old article dump appeared first on First10EM.

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SGEM Xtra: When I’m 64 – Old Fashioned Doctors

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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