The LITFL Review 130

The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around. Welcome to the 130th edition, brought to you by: Kane Guthrie [KG] from LITFL Tessa Davis [TRD] from LITFL and Don’t Forget The Bubbles Brent Thoma [BT] from BoringEM, and ALiEM Chris Nickson [CN] from LITFL, iTeachEM, RAGE and SMACC Joe Rotella [JAR] from LITFL Mat Goebel [MG] from LITFL The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week Sometimes there’s more to a case than meets the eye. Chris Partyka of The Blunt Dissection takes out the ripper this week with a interesting case where the pupils predict pathology. [MG] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine If you’re familiar with Wellen’s waves on the ECG, Dr Smith features an advanced case involving the pseudonormalization of Wellen’s waves. [MG] In perhaps the most ludicrous publication of the year, Pfizer et al studied the efficacy of Azithromycin for influenza. For real. Ryan Radecki at EMLitofNote explains the details, but it still does not make any sense. [BT] So useful, so much common sense: get an assist on your scalp laceration repairs with petroleum jelly. Jeff Wiswe...
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