LITFL Review 228

Welcome to the 227th 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 chuck of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Another awesome post on Dr Smith’s ECG blog. A must for anyone who sees patients with chest pain. [CC] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine An awesome review from Ken Milne and our own Salim Rezaie talking nerdy about a recent paper on HEART score and low risk chest pain in the ED. [CC] Jon-Emile Kenny discusses the use of corticosteroids in community acquired pneumonia in this excellent post. [SO] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care Complimentary posts with differing perspectives from The Elective Rotation Podcast and PulmCrit on using dexmedetomidine to aid liberation of the agitated patient from the ventilator. [JS] Fareen Zaver and the ALiEM Team post their Approved Instructional Series Post on Critical Care Part 1. [SR] The Bottom Line review a trial looking at different feeding strategies in adults with refeeding syndrome. [SO] What would Gattinoni do? Jon-Emile Kenny asks that pertinent question as he summarises the physiology of ARDS in 1000 words. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Resuscitation <—NEW SECTION! A deep dive talk into the use of Ketamine in the prehospital arena from ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs