The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
SGEM#377: You Don’t Have to “AcT” that Way – TNK for Acute Ischemic Stroke?
Date: September 20th, 2022
Reference: Menon et al. Intravenous tenecteplase compared with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke in Canada (AcT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, registry-linked, …
00:26:52 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
SGEM#376: I Wonder Why She Ran Away from the HINTS Exam
Date: September 16th, 2022
Reference: Gerlier C, et al. Differentiating central from peripheral causes of acute vertigo in an emergency setting with the HINTS, STANDING and ABCD2 tests: A diagnostic…
00:49:55 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
SGEM#375: Only One versus Two-Dose Dexamethasone for Mild to Moderate Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
Date: August 25th, 2022
Reference: Martin et al. Single-dose dexamethasone is not inferior to 2 doses in mild to moderate pediatric asthma exacerbations in the emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Car…
00:19:18 |
Sat 10 Sep 2022
SGEM Xtra: A Hero Is Rising – Season#8 Book
Date: September 3rd, 2022
Reference: Milne WK, Carpenter CR and Young T. A Hero Is Rising – Season#8 Book
Dr. Tayler Young
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Tayler Young is a first year Family Medicine resident a…
00:10:55 |
Sun 04 Sep 2022
SGEM#374: Bad Habits – Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department
Date: August 23rd, 2022
Reference: Schoenfeld et al. “Just give them a choice”: Patients’ perspectives regarding starting medications for opioid use disorder in the ED. AEM August 2022
Guest Skeptic…
00:38:11 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
SGEM Xtra: Are tPA Stroke Trials Really Fragile?
Date: August 18th, 2022
Reference: Munn et al. Fragility Index Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Shows Highly Robust Evidential Strength for Benefit of <3 Hour Intravenous Alteplase. Stro…
00:48:12 |
Sat 20 Aug 2022
SGEM Xtra: The SGEM Goes to Eleven – for Kids
Date: August 7th, 2022
Dr. Dennis Ren
Host Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. You might remember him from the SGE…
00:07:15 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
SGEM#373: Going Ultrasound for Small Bowel Obstructions
Date: July 28th, 2022
Reference: Brower et al. Point-of-Care Ultrasound-First for the Evaluation of Small Bowel Obstruction: National Cost Savings, Length of Stay Reduction, and Preventable Radiation…
00:27:54 |
Sat 30 Jul 2022
SGEM#372: Use the FORCE for Buckle Wrist Fractures in Children
Date: July 22nd, 2022
Reference: Perry et al. Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK. The Lancet 2022
Guest Skeptic: …
00:22:26 |
Sat 23 Jul 2022
SGEM#371: All My LOVIT, Vitamin C Won’t Work for You
Date: July 16th, 2022
Reference: Lamontagne F et al. Intravenous Vitamin C in Adults with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit. NEJM 2022.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim R. Rezaie completed his medical schoo…
00:33:16 |
Sat 16 Jul 2022
SGEM Xtra: Here Comes the NINDS Again
Date: July 1st, 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ravi Garg is a Neurologist in the Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care at Loyola University Chicago.
Reference: Garg R, Mickenautsch S. Risk…
00:57:07 |
Sat 09 Jul 2022
SGEM#370: Listen to your Heart (Score)…MACE Incidence in Non-Low Risk Patients with known Coronary Artery Disease
Date: June 30th, 2022
Reference: McGinnis et al. Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? AEM June 2022.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an…
00:38:39 |
Sat 02 Jul 2022
SGEM#369: Romeo is Bleeding – Does He Need a RePHILL?
Date: June 18th, 2022
Reference: Crombie et al. Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, …
00:27:36 |
Sun 19 Jun 2022
SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study
Date: June 12th, 2022
Reference: Finfer et al. Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. NEJM 2022.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Em…
00:24:25 |
Sun 12 Jun 2022
SGEM#367: GRACE2 – Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Date: May 24th, 2022
Reference: Broder et al. Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE) 2: Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department. AE…
00:46:33 |
Sat 28 May 2022
SGEM#366: Relax, Don’t Do It – Skeletal Muscle Relaxants for Low Back Pain
Date: May 13th, 2022
Reference: Abril et al. The Relative Efficacy of Seven Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. An Analysis of Data From Randomized Studies. J Emerg Med 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov …
00:26:59 |
Sat 14 May 2022
SGEM Xtra: She Blinded Me with Science Communication
Date: April 19th, 2022
Guest Skeptic: Sarah Mojarad is a Lecturer in Advanced Writing, #SciComm, & Mis/disinfo topics • Kavli Fellow • Reed Awardee.
Sarah Mojarad
This is an SGEM Xtra episode. When…
00:31:19 |
Sat 23 Apr 2022
SGEM#365: Stop! It’s Not Always Hammer Time
Date: April 16th, 2022
Reference: Blom et al. Common elective orthopaedic procedures and their clinical effectiveness: umbrella review of level 1 evidence. BMJ 2021
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz,…
00:22:26 |
Sat 16 Apr 2022
SGEM#364: Don’t You Forget About Me – DW:MRI Sensitivity for Transient Global Amnesia
Date: April 7th, 2022
Reference: Wong et al. Sensitivity of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in transient global amnesia as a function of time from symptom onset. AEM April 2022
Guest …
00:33:16 |
Sat 09 Apr 2022
SGEM#363: View Master – Virtual Reality Immersion Tool to Reduce Pediatric Anxiety
Date: March 31st, 2022
Reference: Butt et al. Take-Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness-based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department. AEM March 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. L…
00:36:03 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
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