LITFL Review 257
Welcome to the 257th 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
The late John Hinds was an amazing doctor. Listen to Fred Macsorley share some of his most precious memories in this beautiful SMACC Dub talk. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
- Core EM features a great visual aid for learning and remembering antibiotic sensitivities. [AS]
- A great overview of the management of pulmonary oedema in an evidenced based approach from CORE EM. [SL]
The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care
- Learn more about the role of the endothelium in critical illness in another SMACC Dub talk–this time from Danny McAulay. [SO]
- Does nutrition in the critically ill mystify you as it does me? Josh Farkas comes to the rescue with a great summary of recent guidelines. [SO]
- Could pro-adrenomedullin really be a biomarker for fluid overload in critically ill patients? Jonny Wilkinson from Northampton reviews the ENVOL study, and gets some commentary from Thomas Woodcock (of glycocalyx fame) too. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMres Resuscitation
- Haney and Zack Shinar hijack the Ultrasound Podcast to discuss how to run a better code. A can’t miss podcast for resuscitationists. [AS]
- The UK Royal College of Anaesthetists are uploading an excellent series of talks. The first one by Kate Prior on battlefield resuscitation is superb- do check them out. [SO]
The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound
- Here’s a useful tip on ultrasound in cardiac arrest. Careful when imaging the RV… thanks, Philippe! [SO]
- A new POCUS FOAMed site which compiles resources for all with an interest in POCUS. In this post you can access some great content on RUSH exam for shock [CC]
The Best of #FOAMped Pediatrics
- Andrew Tagg shares his experience of being on the patient and family side of neonatal illness. A moving and thought-provoking read for all, paediatricians or not. [CC]
The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine
- A “better medicine” twofer this week from Louisville Lectures: Clinical Decisionmaking and Statistical Methods in Quality Improvement. [ML]
The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim
- The Digital Carousel is a brilliant approach to creating interactive trainee education during academic days via the ICE blog. [AS]
- Another high class anatomy vodcast from Andy Neill, this time on flexor tendons in the hand. [SL]
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.