LITFL Review 156

Welcome to the 156th 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 Is clot retrieval in ischemic stroke the next development? Caution in allowing one marginally positive study to change practice. Rory Spiegel implores us to study our past mistakes (NINDS-2) so as to avoid repeating them. [AS] Master your management of status epilepticus with help from this podcast from Oli Flower When the Seizure Doesn’t stop from SMACC. [SL] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine Looking for a deep dive into the EKG findings associated with subendocardial ischaemia? Check out this case from the EMS 12 Lead blog. For more effective learning, read the original case first. [MG] St. Emlyn’s discusses gestalt in Emergency Care and the confusion of the term with Clinical Judgement. [AS] Wide complex tachycardia isn’t always ventricular tachycardia. Amal Mattu asks that we consider toxic/metabolic causes when the WCT rate < 120-130 beats per minute and/or the QRS complex is really wide. [AS] Cardiac arrest is easy enough to identify when they are brought in by ambulance, but what does an arrest look like if it happens right in front of you? The EMS 12 Lead Blog has collected a n...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs