I love these articles that scare the crap out of me. Took some navigating to get this pdf and it looks like the unofficial manuscript. Saw it on EM Lit of Note. Another good one of his was the EMR exposing one. 28% patient care, 44% data entry. We are drones.
Author Archives: Martin Huecker
FOAMed Lecture
Here is the ppt file from lecture. Again most of the links are on Room9ER homepage. LEt me know if you have any further interest.
Hope to start posting all powerpoints and or the audio / ppt tegrity files once I come on in Nov.
FOAMed
Hey here is a great set of slides, similar to my FOAM presentation. This was posted just hours after my lecture.
www.slideshare.net/DavidMarcus3/foam-primer-stony-brook
Disconnect
Stumbled upon this article on Twitter by “Skeptical Scalpel,” a surgeon in academic facility. This article was published in a surgical bulletin. The perspective of a plaintiff attorney. Interesting reading.
Dimer wins again
Here is a post from Ryan Radecki at EM Lit of Note. His philosophy mirrors what I took from Jeff Kline the PE guru on the approach to PE workup. When you have committed to ordering a CT-PA, then get a d dimer and if NEG, CANCEL the CT. Controversial of course. But the dimer is MORE SENSITIVE than a CT. Some say the d dimer is only for “low risk” patients, but check out this study using not necessarily low risk patients.