LITFL Review 301
Welcome to the 301st 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
How can we individualize learning for our learners and for ourselves? The Curbsiders talk to MKSAP editor-in-chief Philip Masters for some great tips. [MS] [Editor’s note: I am also employed by ACP, as is Dr Masters. That said, I was glad to see that Matt independently chose to write up this enlightened Curbsider.]
The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine
- The Lachman test leaves a little to be desired in those “knee sprain” patients. Brian Corwell introduces us to the Lever Sign and Lelli’s Test–a more sensitive exam for ACL tears–in this week’s UMEM Educational Pearls. [Alessandro Lelli – the Lelli Test][RP]
- Does your HAP patient need MRSA coverage? Can you be sure without the Shorr Score? That and other critical pneumonia pearls are covered thanks to the unmatched crew at Academic Life in Emergency Medicine! [RP]
- Ryan Radecki breaks down the “nuts” and bolts of salvage time in testicular torsion in his discussion of a recent Pediatric Emergency Care systematic review. [RP]
The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care and #FOAMres Resuscitation
- Lung protection, open lungs, and PEEP: Rory Spiegel reviews literature on ARDS management in the context of the recent ART trial. [MS]
- Do individualized perioperative BP targets benefit high-risk surgical patients post-operatively? The Bottom Line reviews the INPRESS study aiming to answer this question. [MS]
- Who should receive E-CPR? The latest EDECMO podcast reviews three recent studies on prognostication and patient selection for ECMO. [MS]
The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound
- Identifying pediatric skull fractures with point-of-care ultrasound: A useful tool to help risk-stratify minor head trauma in children? [JSh]
The Best of #FOAMpeds Pediatrics
- Sean Fox reminds us not to get tunnel vision when evaluating the pediatric red eye with this important morsel on uveitis in the pediatric patient [RP]
The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine
- Learn a different approach to end of life discussions with Staci Mandrola in another Louisville Lecture. [SO]
The Best of #MedEd FOAM and #FOAMsim
- Be still my heart! Two new podcasts this week from The EM Clerkship, on bradycardia and on anaphylaxis. [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]
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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.