This is a quick literature update of important literature in 2021 covering take-home naloxone by Kilaru et al. In this episode, we discuss principles of harm reduction, including naloxone, as well as the study. 

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

We review new clinical policy guidelines from SAEM on patients with recurrent (2 ED evaluations in 12 months) low risk (e.g. HEART score <4) chest pain.

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Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

In this episode, we review the data on the association between myocarditis and the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

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Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

In this quick literature update, we review a recent paper by Branch et al on early 'panscan' (head to pelvis CT scan ) in patients with return of spontaneous circulation after out of hospital cardiac arrest. 

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

In this episode we review what we know about vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), which has been associated with the COVID-19 viral vector vaccines by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

In this podcast, we review Cerebral Vein Thrombosis (CVT) including clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management.

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

In this episode, we discuss ivermectin as a potential therapeutic for COVID-19 and review available randomized trials evaluating this drug.

• Chaccour et al E-Clinical Medicine
• Lopez-Medina et al. JAMA
• Schwartz et al (not yet published)
• IDSA guidelines
• NIH Treatment guidelines

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Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

In this episode, we review new registry data from the ACIP meeting on pregnant people who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and discuss, in general, what we know about the COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy. 

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Pregnancy Decision Aid

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

In this episode, we review the FDA briefing document on the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) viral vector COVID-19 vaccine.

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Lauren Westafer & Jeremy Faust

We have previously covered epistaxis on FOAMcast , including the use of tranexamic acid (TXA). Now, we cover a new, large RCT, the NoPac trial by Reuben et al, on TXA for epistaxis.

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Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust