Tue, 5 December 2017
We discuss ultrasound diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum using a podcast from 5MinSono. Then we delve into core content on gastritis, PUD, and helicobacter pylori using Rosen's Ch 78 and Tintinalli's Ch 79 as guides. Thank for listening! |
Mon, 20 November 2017
We cover Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) on mass casualty incidents, an unfortunate reality in the current United States climate (and elsewhere). There is a must read (truly, emergency providers really should read this) in EP Monthly by Dr.Kevin Menes, “How One Las Vegas ED Saved Hundreds of Lives After the Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History”. He details his process in running the Emergency Department that evening. We cover pearls from other great resources include a post on the St. Emlyn's blog, "Mass Casualty Incidents: Lessons from the AAST" and a free EBMedicine article on ballistic injuries Core Content: Chapter 192 Rosen's, Chapter 5 Tintinalli - Mass Casualty Incident Triage Thanks for listening! |
Sat, 4 November 2017
We bring you pearls from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 2017 Scientific Assembly. We cover in-flight emergencies, need for contrast enhanced CT scans, bronchiolitis and sucrose for infants Thanks for listening! |
Mon, 30 October 2017
We bring you pearls from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 2017 Scientific Assembly. Pearls on H. Pylori from: It's Alimentary - Poo-Pourri of Conditions From the Mouth to Rectum - Dr. Adebayo, Dr. Batra, Dr. Bavokek Emerging Infections: Zika and Its Friends - Dr. Joan Noelker High Yield Toxicology - Dr Erickson, Dr Traub, Dr. Perrone
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Sun, 29 October 2017
We cover top pearl from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly 2017. Dr. Michael Winters - Critical Care Updates Dr. Tim Horeczko - Pediatric Pitfalls Thanks for listening! |
Sun, 8 October 2017
We cover some high yield, important, or frequently discussed recent articles. Antibiotics and abscesses - Daum et al FAST in hemodynamically stable patients - Holmes et al Haloperidol in gastroparesis - Roldan et al and Ramirez et al Ignoring PERC - Buchanan et al Steroids in non-asthma/COPD lower respiratory tract infections - Hay et al Gender pay gap persists in academic EM (and it's not due to hours, rank, or roles) - Madsen et al |
Fri, 15 September 2017
We review this blog post by Bryan Hayes, an ED pharmacist (@PharmERToxGuy), on the use of physostigmine in anticholinergic toxicity. We then review anticholinergic toxidrome using Rosen's, Tintinalli's, and Goldfrank's as a guide.
Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust
Direct download: FOAMcast_anticholinergics_and_physostigmine.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:24pm EDT |
Thu, 31 August 2017
We review gastroparesis treatment with haloperidol including a recent study by Ramirez and colleagues. This study had significant methodologic limitations but provides some interesting insight into a practice that many providers have adopted - using haloperidol for gastroparesis. A tiny RCT by Roldan and colleagues also looked at this practice and found promising results, although the study was very small. Haloperidol has also been used in cannabinoid hyperemesis but literature on this is limited to case reports/series. We also cover core content on biliary pathology using Tintinalli and Rosen's as guides. Thanks for listening!
Direct download: FOAMcast_gastroparesis_and_cholecystitis.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:52pm EDT |
Fri, 18 August 2017
We review recent discussions on the accuracy of cuff blood pressures including a meta-analysis Picone et al published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology discussing the accuracy of cuff blood pressures. We cover core content on hypertensive emergencies and asymptomatic markedly elevated blood pressure using the ACEP clinical policy on hypertension, Rosen's (9th ed) Chapter 74 "Hypertension," and Tintinalli (8th ed), Chapter 57 “Systemic Hypertension” Chapter 59 “Aortic Dissection and Related Aortic Syndromes” as guides Show notes on FOAMcast.org Thanks for listening! |
Mon, 31 July 2017
We cover Free Open Access Medical Education on opioids.
Then we cover core content on opioid overdose and withdrawal using Rosen's Emergency Medicine (9th ed) Chapter 156 and Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine (8th ed), Chapter 186 as a guide.
Thanks for listening! |