LITFL Review 336

LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Welcome to the 336th 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. Readers can subscribe to LITFL review RSS or LITFL review EMAIL subscription The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Jonny Wilkinson has a great collection of infograpics, GIFs, and articles in his Best FOAMed Finds for June. [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Justin Morgenstern reviews the evidence for marsupialization, Word catheters, and simple incision and drainage for management of Bartholin’s gland cysts. There is no easy answer, you’ll will have to read the post. [SR, AS] Do you know the significance of the “shark fin” morphology on ECGs? Sam Ghali and Steve Smith go through a case and review the evidence for what this morphology means–and it’s not hyperkalemia. [SR] We frequently see end-of-life patients in the emergency department. Check out REBEL Cast on the ABCs of palliative care. [MG] The Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care and #FOAMres Resuscitation Should we use fibrinogen levels to help guide heparin therapy after thrombolytics for pulmonary embolis...
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