Mon, 24 September 2018
We cover a JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast on lyme disease, including some myth-busters. *Doxycycline can be used, safely, in kids < 8 years old *Testing for lyme is a mess because : (1) we test patients with ultra low probability of disease (2) we test patients who shouldn't be tested (i.e. have erythema migrans) (3) the tests are a pain to interpret *Lyme disease is spreading further south and west in the US, into Canada, and it's also increasingly found in Europe. We then delve into core content for Rosen's, Tintinalli, and the IDSA 2006 guidelines. Thanks for listening!
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Mon, 27 August 2018
We review the American Urological Association guidelines on penile fracture and priapism. We supplement this with core content from Tintinalli and Rosen's Emergency Medicine.
Direct download: FOAMcast_Penile_Fracture_and_Priapism__.mp3
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Fri, 20 July 2018
We review one of the editors top picks from Annals of Emergency Medicine, which are free for 6 months from issue release. The article covered in this podcast is Waldman et al, is a study of tetracaine in corneal abrasions. We also review commonly encountered corneal emergencies: Corneal abrasions Corneal ulcers and herpes keratoconjunctivitis. Thanks for listening! |
Mon, 18 June 2018
Show notes at FOAMcast.org We cover the 2017 IDSA/SHEA guidelines on clostridium difficile (c diff). We then review core content on c diff including risk stratification and treatment using Rosen's and Tintinalli as guides. Thanks for listening! |
Wed, 16 May 2018
Workup for pulmonary embolism (PE) is common (perhaps too common) in the United States. The American College of Emergency Physicians has released a clinical policy on pulmonary embolism. We cover this policy as well as core content on PE risk stratification and "rule out" Thanks for listening, |
Mon, 30 April 2018
We cover the emergency department care of lactating patients including Medications during breastfeeding - who should "pump and dump"? (spoiler: very few people, check LactMed or InfantRisk) Mastitis & Breast Abscesses Emergency Department Support Thanks for listening! |
Sun, 1 April 2018
Show notes at FOAMcast.org We have a special April 1st show - the Faust-Westafer Central Theorem of Emergency Medicine. Listen for details Thanks for listening!
Direct download: FOAMcast_Faust_Westafer_Central_Theorem_of_Emergency_Medicine_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Wed, 21 March 2018
We review select articles from 2017 that are important or that got people talking including: Sadeghirad B et al. Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2017;358:j3887. Barniol et al.Levocetirizine and Prednisone Are Not Superior to Levocetirizine Alone for the Treatment of Acute Urticaria: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2018;71(1):125-131.e1 Wilson SS, Kwiatkowski GM, Millis SR, Purakal JD, Mahajan AP, Levy PD. Use of nitroglycerin by bolus prevents intensive care unit admission in patients with acute hypertensive heart failure. Am J Emerg Med. 2017;35(1):126-131. Hu et al Variability in Interpretation of Cardiac Standstill Among Physician Sonographers. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Sep 1. S0196-0644(17)31376-8 Clattenburg et al Point-of-care ultrasound use in patients with cardiac arrest is associated prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation pauses: A prospective cohort study. Resuscitation. 2018;122:65-68. Hinson JS et al. Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Healey CD et al. Asymptomatic cervical spine fractures: Current guidelines can fail older patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017;83(1):119-125. Crowell et al. Accuracy of Computed Tomography Imaging Criteria in the Diagnosis of Adult Open Globe Injuries by Neuroradiology and Ophthalmology. Acad Emerg Med. 2017;24(9):1072-1079. Talan et al. Subgroup Analysis of Antibiotic Treatment for Skin Abscesses. Ann Emerg Med. 2018;71(1):21-30.
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Sat, 24 February 2018
We tackle some free open access medical education from the CDC on the flu vaccine, including:
We then dive into CDC recommendations on oseltamivir as well as contradictory data from the most recent Cochrane review. Thanks for listening! Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer |
Sun, 14 January 2018
Over at the Pulmcrit blog, Dr. Josh Farkas has proposed the use of phenobarbital monotherapy for the treatment of ethanol withdrawal and we cover this protocol. We then dive into core content alcohol withdrawal using Rosen’s Emergency Medicine (9th ed) Chapter 142 , Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine (8th ed) Chapter 292, and Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies (10th ed) Chapter 81 as guides. Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust |