LITFL Review 201

Welcome to the 201st LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest, and deliver a bite-sized chunk of Global FOAM.

The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week

In his final talk at SMACC Chicago, the late Dr John Hinds shares More Cases From the Races. [MG]

The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine

• Should we be treating fever in the ED? HEFT EMCast discusses the HEAT trial and its relevance to EM practice. [AS]
• Episodes 130 of the Skeptic’s Guide to Emergency Medicine is all about low dose ketamine for pain control in the ED. [MG]
• The SPLIT trial comparing 0.9% saline vs buffered crystalloid was published in JAMA this week. See review from St. Emlyn’s, The Bottom Line and FOAMCast. [AS]
• Apnoeic oxygenation in RSI—it’s a no brainer, right? St Emlyn’s looks at a recent paper on the topic that says otherwise. [SL]
• Tme for a recap on ALTE? Check out this great episode from CORE EM. [SL]

The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care

• Liz Crow explains in her SMACC Chicago talk Why Critical Care Docs Shouldn’t Challenge Religious Beliefs. [MG]

The Best of #FOAMtox Toxicology

• The Poison Review looks into the evidence, or lack thereof, supporting the clinical benefit of hemodialysis in lithium poisoning. [ML]

The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound

• Excellent post reviewing US images of endocarditis and tips to increase diagnostic accuracy from UOTW. [AS]

The Best of #FOAMped Pediatrics

• DFTB has teamed up with APLS to share the videos from their Paediatric Acute Care Conferences on a range of topics relevant to paediatric acute and critical care. First up is a presentation on limb-threatening injuries by Squadron Leader Mary Langcake. [ML]

The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine

• University of Louisville Lecture Series is trying to present a video lecture, Grand Rounds-style, on Management of C difficile and fecal microbiota transplant. but it cannot be viewed and there is no contact information on their site to notify them. Maybe they will see this and fix the bug, so that the link above will work for you? [ML]

The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim

• Looking to match into an EM fellowship? Check out these hangouts with the experts discussing match strategies to ultrasound, simulation and toxicology fellowships. [AS]

LITFL Weekly Review Team

Reference Sources and Reading List

• #FOAMed – #FOAMcc – #FOAMres
• #FOAMped – #FOAMtox – #FOAMus
• #FOAMim – #FOANed