LITFL Review 256

Welcome to the 256th 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 FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Assessing oxygenation with an ABG has to be better than simple oxygen saturations, right? Well…Josh Farkas may make you think otherwise with this superb post. [SL] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Another excellent list of top articles of the month from First10EM and BroomeDocs. [AS] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care Jon-Emile Kenny gives his thoughts on the recent LeoPARDS trial which looked at levosimendan in septic shock. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Resuscitation Paramedic vs physician management of out of hospital cardiac arrest. A great look into the topic by Johannes Vopelius. [SL] The Best of #FOAMus Ultrasound A truly fascinating case that I’ve certainly never seen before is the Ultrasound for this Week from Ben Graboyes. [SO] The Best of #FOAMim Internal Medicine Continuing their Research Series, Annuradha Persaud investigates the use of Diagnostic Tests in this week’s video slide presentation from Louiseville Lectures. [ML] The Best of Medical Education and Social Media EM, and medicine in general, is all about diagnostic uncertainty. So why can’...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs