The LITFL Review 089

Welcome to the festive 89th edition! 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. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Top spot this week is taken out by The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine, as they take on the (lack of) evidence for the use of PPI’s in GI bleeders! This seems to be a routine and widely adopted treatment we all reach for when someone presents with a GI bleed. But is the evidence there to supports us…? Find out in  SGEM #16: Ho, Ho, Hold the PPI! The LITFL Review Top Picks EMCrit Lessons from the STOP Sepsis Collaborative! Remember its not about all the invasive measures that makes a difference in septic patients, the non-invasive approach delivers results and Scott tells us how. The ED approach: get and check lactate, early antibiotics and fluids, source control, early critical care/senior review is what its all about when dealing with the septic patient. A Rant on Video Laryngoscopy - a reader shares a rant with Scott on VL, are you really using it for what its designed for? empem.org Pe...
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