Communication in medicine
11 Sep
A while back I wrote a post about interruptions in the ED. One of the lead authors on a lot of the papers left a couple of comments and pointed me to a few of his other papers. And they’re … Read More »
Tasty Morsels of EM 018
8 Sep
I keep a little, ever-expanding note on my phone where I jot down little morsels of goodness that I pick up while listening to or reading one of the many excellent sites/podcasts in the useful resource section. I’ll try and … Read More »
Do Children With Blunt Head Trauma and Normal Cranial Computed Tomography Scan Results Require Hospitalization for Neurologic Observation? Ann Emerg Med. 2011 In Press
3 Sep
Holmes JF, Borgialli DA, Nadel FM, Quayle KS, Schambam N, Cooper A, Schunk JE, Miskin ML, Atabaki SM, Hoyle JD, Dayan PS, Kuppermann N, TBI Study Group for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network*. Do Children With Blunt Head … Read More »
Advanced ECG findings in STEMI
29 Aug
Appropriate cardiac cath lab activation: optimizing electrocardiogram interpretation and clinical decision-making for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2010 Dec;160(6):995-1003, 1003.e1-8. PMID 21146650 (free full text) This is a cracking paper that’s worth checking out, especially for the included appendix of ECG examples. … Read More »
Prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, with emphasis on sex, age, comorbidity, country, and time period: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Neurol 2011; 10: 626–36
27 Aug
Vlak MH, Algra A, Brandenburg R, Rinkel GJ. Prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, with emphasis on sex, age, comorbidity, country, and time period: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Neurology 2011 Jul.;10(7):626–636. PMID 2164128 With all the talk of how we … Read More »