LITFL Review 237
Welcome to the 237th 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
More great reflections on SMACCDub, this time from Bishan Rajapakse and from Celia Bradford. DasSMACC is not to be missed… [SO]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
- tPA without a NCHCT first? Insanity you say? Read EM Lit of Note’s post this week and see what the neurologists are up to now. [AS]
The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care
- A masterclass in the martial arts of physiology in ARDS from PulmCrit. [JS]
- EM Cases features our own Chris Nickson describing his Best Case Ever, and discusses Hickam’s Dictum. [AS]
The Best of #FOAMres Resuscitation
- Does erythromycin have any use during RSI? The Bottom Line take on the Erythro-Emerge trial. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMtox Toxicology
- This is the second time I’ve seen anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis discussed in the FOAMed sphere this week…..a reminder not to miss it when diagnosing NMS in the ED [CC]
The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound
- 5 Minute Sono discusses the direct method of using US to confirm endotracheal tube placement. [AS]
- Here’s an excellent blog post from Andrew Houghton on the prognostic value of TAPSE in PE. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMped Pediatrics
- What is the right duration for antibiotic therapy in paediatric illnesses? [JS]
- Edward Snelson reinforces the importance of combining what you see, hear and measure in when diagnosing sepsis in kids. Context is everything, we think….. [CC]
- A brilliant exploration of disease exposure during pregnancy and risk to the newborn child. [JS]
The Best of #FOANed Nursing
- Pegging back the losses in communication: a simple hack from The Nurse Path. [JS]
- Excellent vodcast update on sepsis identification from Injectable Orange. [AS]
The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine
- The week, Louisville Lectures toasts alcoholic liver disease. [ML]
The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim
- Outstanding post from David Slessor on keeping up with the medical literature. Many pearls lie within… [SO]
LITFL Weekly Review Team
LITFL RV brought to you by:
- Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM:RAP, Core EM,REBEL EM and The Teaching Institute)
- Andrew J. Bowman [AJB]
- Bruno Tomazini [BT] (ICURevisited)
- Chris Connolly [CC] (RCEMFOAMed, FOAMShED)
- Chris Nickson [CN] (RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC)
- Cian McDermott [CMD] (POCUS Geelong, SMACC)
- Craig Wylie [CW] (BadEM)
- Jeffrey Shih [JSh](ALiEM)
- Luke Phillips [LP] (POCUS Geelong)
- Manpreet ‘Manny’ Singh [MMS] (emDOCs.net)
- Marjorie Lazoff [ML] (TandemHealth)
- Mat Goebel [MG]
- Matt Siuba [MS]
- Philippe Rola [PR] (Thinkingcriticalcare)
- Rick Pescatore [RP] (EM News UC:RAP)
- Sarah Newman [SN]
- Salim Rezaie [SR] (REBEL EM, The Teaching Institute)
- Segun Olusanya [SO] (JICSCast, The Bottom Line)
- Thomas C. Neal [TCN] (PulmCCM)
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Marjorie Lazoff, MD FACP. Board certified internist with clinical background in academic emergency medicine, currently the founder of The Healing Red Pen, an editorial consulting company. Dr Lazoff is a full-time editor and strong supporter of FOAMed.