EBM reviews
33 posts
By now, everyone has (unfortunately) heard about the PESIT trial. Given the many commentaries in the FOAM community, we are all familiar with the many reasons that the widely quoted 1 in 6 figure for PE in syncope probably does not apply to our patients. If you need a reminder, […]
The most recent episode of the SGEM hot of the press series came out today. The article we reviewed was looking at the utility of point of care ultrasound in pediatric forearm fractures: Poonai N, Myslik F, Joubert G et al. Point-of-care Ultrasound for Nonangulated Distal Forearm Fractures in Children: […]
A new episode of the SGEM hot off the press just went up. Ken and I spoke to Ian Stiell about his Ottawa heart failure risk scale. Reference: Stiell et al. Prospective and Explicit Clinical Validation of the Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale, With and Without Use of Quantitative NT-proBNP. […]
A review of the evidence surrounding the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in pediatric patients