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SGEM#471: Are ESI Levels Accurate for Triage of Pediatric Patients?
Reference: Sax DR, et al. Emergency Severity Index Version 4 and Triage of Pediatric Emergency Department Patients. JAMA Pediatrics, October 2024 Date: February 12, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brandon Ho is a graduating pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC and soon to be attending physician at Seattle Children’s. His research […] The post SGEM#471: Are ESI Levels Accurate for Triage of Pediatric Patients? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM#459: Domo Arigato Misuta Roboto – Using AI to Assess the Quality of the Medical Literature
Date: October 28, 2024 Reference: Woelfle T et al. Benchmarking Human–AI collaboration for common evidence appraisal tools. J Clin Epi Sept 2024. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Laura Walker is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and the vice chair for digital emergency medicine at the Mayo Clinic. In addition to finding ways to use technology in emergency […] The post SGEM#459: Domo Arigato Misuta Roboto – Using AI to Assess the Quality of the Medical Literature first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM#457: Inhale – Nebulized or IV Ketamine for Acute Pain?
Date: October 7, 2024 Reference: Nguyen et al. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial. Annals of EM 2024. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brendan Freeman is an emergency medicine physician, assistant professor of emergency medicine, and medical education […] The post SGEM#457: Inhale – Nebulized or IV Ketamine for Acute Pain? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
Date: September 18, 2024 Reference: Dillon et al. Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California. JAMA Network Open. August 20, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an emergency medicine and emergency medicine service (EMS) physician at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Before attending medical school, he was a New York […] The post SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM#452: I’m Still Standing – After the Allergy Challenge
Date: September 12, 2024 Reference: Anderson et al. Full dose challenge of moderate, severe and unknown beta-lactam allergies in the emergency department. AEM August 2024. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Case: It’s another day, another dollar in the emergency department (ED). The next patient is a 63-year-old […] The post SGEM#452: I’m Still Standing – After the Allergy Challenge first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM Xtra: The Final Countdown – To IncrEMentuM 2025
Date: August 13, 2024 Guest Skeptics: We have two guest skeptics for this SGEM Xtra episode. Dr. Francisco Campillo Palma is an Emergency Medicine doctor. He works in prehospital (EMS and HEMS), and at Morales Meseguer Hospital in public medical service in Murcia, Spain. Franciso has postgraduate Master’s degrees in emergencies and urgent care, clinical […] The post SGEM Xtra: The Final Countdown – To IncrEMentuM 2025 first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
SGEM Paper in a Pic #387
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