#FOAMed Review 57th Edition
Michael Macias
Welcome to the fifty-seventh edition of the #FOAMed Review! The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Each review will include highlights from the highest yield blog, podcast, video and web sources around. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas...even the ones that may not be the coolest. Check out our indexing section #FOAMED REVIEW which allows you to view previous weekly reviews by edition or by selecting from CORD curriculum categories.
Onto the FOAMed
THE AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE [ARTICLE]: Read a great piece from the anesthesia world regarding 7 questions on the current state of airway management answered by 6 airway experts. Anesthesiology World
RIGHT HEART ULTRASOUND PEARLS [PODCAST]: The guys from Ultrasound Podcast sit down with Haney Mallemat to discuss key questions in right heart ultrasound. Make sure to also listen to Part 1 of this series here.
EM/CC LITERATURE OF INTEREST
- Repeated emergency department visits among children admitted with meningitis or septicemia: a population-based study
PMID: 25458981
- Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal
PMID: 26095746
- The influence of music during mechanical ventilation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: A review
PMID: 26227333
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2015
Guidelines: CDC.gov
- The ultrasound-guided "peripheral IJ": internal jugular vein catheterization using a standard intravenous catheter
PMID: 22579025
INCISION & LOOP DRAINAGE [BLOG]: A novel technique for abscess I&D that you may want to check out for yourself, featured at Laceration Repair.
More FOAMed
NIGHT SHIFT WOES [PODCAST]: Two of your favorite podcast voices, Rob Orman & Haney Mallemat, sit down in a heart to heart to discuss managing finding your niche in EM, the issues we face with nightshifts and more. ER Cast
STATUS EPILEPTICUS [PODCAST]: Scott Weingart discusses key clinical questions regarding management of status epilepticus with Tom Bleck, a neurointensivist from Rush Medical College. A must listen here at EM Crit.
SEVERE COMMUNITY AQCUIRED PNEUMONIA [BLOG]: Pulm Crit discusses the evidence behind advanced treatment of severe community acquired pneumonia. Check out the post here to optimize your treatment strategy.
TUBO-OVARIAN ABSCESS [BLOG]: Failure to recognize this PID complication can lead to irreversible damage to the tubal and ovarian structures. Read about the pearls and pitfalls here at EM Docs.
See you next week
Tokyo, Japan
