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Back to SearchSGEM Xtra: Tell Me Lies, Sweet Little Lies – FDA Approved & Ineffective
Date: August 12, 2025 Article: FDA Approved and Ineffective by Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee. June 5, 2025. The Lever. Guest Skeptic: Jeanne Lenzer is a long-time medical investigative journalis…
Published on 7 hours ago
SGEM#484: The Warrior – Pharmacological Interventions for the Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia
Reference: Jessen et al. Pharmacological interventions for the acute treatment of hyperkalaemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2025 Date: August 6, 2025 Guest Skeptic: William …
Published on 1 week ago
SGEM Xtra: Now and Forever – A League of Their Own (Women in EM)
Date: August 11, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Gillian Schmitz is a board-certified Emergency Physician practicing at The Naval Medical Center in San Diego. She is also a former President of the American C…
Published on 2 weeks ago
SGEM#483: Electricity – TENS Units for Treating Back Pain
Reference: Otterness et al. The Use of TENS for the Treatment of Back Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AEM Aug 2025 Date: August 22, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Wes…
Published on 3 weeks ago
SGEM#482: Seize the Day with Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Reference: Othman AA, et al. Combined ketamine and midazolam vs. midazolam alone for initial treatment of pediatric generalized convulsive status epilepticus (Ket-Mid study): A randomized controlled…
Published on 4 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: Illusion – What you Don’t Know and Why it Matters
Date: July 10, 2025 Guest Skeptics: Professor Timothy Caulfield is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the Research Director of its Health Law Institute. His area of expertise i…
Published on 1 month ago
SGEM#481: Shot Through the Chart And You’re to Blame – But Can We Intervene?
Reference: Kemal et al. Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. AEM July 2025 Date: July 28, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Med…
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SGEM#480: In the End It Doesn’t Even Matter: Oral Olanzapine or Diazepam for Pediatric Agitation
Reference: Bourke EM, et al. PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication. Annals of Emergency Medicine. …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Date: July 9, 2025 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Cindy Bitter is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Saint Louis University. She has a Master’s in Bioethics, and she is passionate a…
Published on 2 months ago
SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma?
Reference: Arnold CG, et al. Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. Jan 2025 Date:…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago