The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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The Skeptics' Guide to Emergency Medicine (SGEM) is a knowledge translation (KT) project. The goal of the SGEM is to shorten the KT window from over ten years down to less than one year. It does this by turning traditional medical education on its head.
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
4d ago
Date: February 22, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Nicholas Peoples, who is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Nick’s career has been an exciting blend of global health and emergency medicine. In 2015, Nick was part of the first-ever class to study at Duke University’s new campus in China, where he earned […]
The post SGEM Xtra: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Citation Errors in the Biomedical Literature first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine ..read more
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
1w ago
Reference: Pessano S, et al. Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. December 2023 Date: February 7, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at George Washington University. She is also a new podcast host for Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) Cast Series. Case: A five-day-old […]
The post SGEM #470: Here We Go Up Up Up or Lateral for Infant Lumbar Punctures first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine ..read more
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
2w ago
Reference: Bannelier et al. Failure rate of D-dimer testing in patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: Ancillary analysis of three European studies. AEM Feb 2025 Date: February 27, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. She is […]
The post SGEM#469: You Take My Breath Away – D-dimer for Ruling out PE in High-Risk Patients first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine ..read more
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
3w ago
Reference: Agnello et al. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a screening tool for early detecting sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2022; 60(5):786-792 Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022 Date: February 21, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School […]
The post SGEM#468: Wide Open Monocytes – Using MDW to Diagnose Sepsis first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine ..read more