LITFL Review 254
Welcome to the 254th 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
While there were a number of excellent dissections on the Pulmonary Embolism in Syncope Italy Trial (PESIT) published in the most recent issue of NEJM, this postby Rory Spiegel is perhaps the best written and most insightful, while issuing a vital call to arms. The post begins, “It is quite uncommon that while reading the results of a clinical trial one feels the universal gasp of sorrow released from the hearts and minds of Emergency Physicians worldwide.” [AS]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
- Lots of great education at ACEP in Vegas but if you missed it, like I did, check out some great pearls from REBEL EM. [AS]
- Here’s a fascinating little ECG from Stephen Smith’s blog, combining sepsis, heart failure, and ultrasound. What’s not to like? [SO]
- For those that prefer to listen; a great short summary via EM:RAP on why PE’s should not be the greatest fear in the syncopal patient. [SL]
The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care
- Thomas Woodcock takes on many preconceptions about albumin in intensive care in this very challenging blog post. He’s welcoming comments… [SO]
- David Slessor delivers The Bottom Line on the OXYGEN-ICU trial– comparing normal and hyperoxia in ICU patients- in another great summary. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMres Resuscitation
- Based on core principles of fire fighting safety, here’s an excellent post on 10 rules for managing resus by Stuart Duffin on Scancrit. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound
- The suprasternal view of the aortic arch can be tricky to obtain. Luckily, Sonostuff come to the rescue with a great video and some tips. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine
- Louiseville Lectures provides a not-very-short video presentation on Longterm consequences of critical illness. [ML]
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.