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Back to SearchSGEM#469: You Take My Breath Away – D-dimer for Ruling out PE in High-Risk Patients
Reference: Bannelier et al. Failure rate of D-dimer testing in patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: Ancillary analysis of three European studies. AEM Feb 2025 Date: Februar…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#468: Wide Open Monocytes – Using MDW to Diagnose Sepsis
Reference: Agnello et al. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a screening tool for early detecting sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2022; 60(…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: Rock, Robot Rock – AI for Clinical Research
Date: February 11, 2025 Dr. Ross Prager Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ross Prager is an Intensivist at the London Health Sciences Centre and an adjunct professor at Western University. His expertise in critic…
Published on 10 months ago
SGEM #467: Send me on my way…without Cervical Spine Imaging
Reference: Leonard JC et al. PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. Lan…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#466: I Love ROC-n-Roll…But Not When It’s Hacked
Date: January 9, 2025 Reference: White et al. Evidence of questionable research practices in clinical prediction models. BMC Med 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jestin Carlson is the Program Director for t…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: This is My Fight Song – FeminEM 2.0
Date: January 7, 2025 Dr. Dara Kass Guest Skeptics: Dr. Dara Kass is an emergency medicine physician, public health leader, and advocate passionate about equity and healthcare reform. She founded F…
Published on 11 months ago
SGEM#465: Not A Second Time – Single Center RCTs Fail To Replicate In Multi-Center RCTs
Date: December 2o, 2024 Reference: Kotani et al. Positive single-center randomized trials and subsequent multicenter randomized trials in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Crit Care. 202…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
SGEM Xtra: Think, About It – Ten Commandments for Teachers
Date: December 6, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Akil Dasan is a multifaceted artist renowned for his talents as a rapper, singer, guitarist, and beatboxer. He gained prominence as a member of the British jazz…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#464: I Can Do It with A Broken Heart – Compassion for Patients with OUD
Date: December 26, 2024 Reference: Steinhauser S et al. Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder. AEM December 20…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: The 12 Days of Christmas the SGEM Gave to Me
Date: December 15, 2024 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Chris Carpenter, Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Today, we’re sleighing through the holiday season with a special episode filled with sta…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago