Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSGEM#472: Together In Electric Dreams – Or Is It Reality?
Reference: Kareemi et al Artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: a scoping review. AEM April 2025. Date…
1 year, 3 months ago
SGEM#471: Are ESI Levels Accurate for Triage of Pediatric Patients?
Reference: Sax DR, et al. Emergency Severity Index Version 4 and Triage of Pediatric Emergency Department Patients. JAMA Pediatrics, October 2024 Da…
1 year, 3 months ago
SGEM Xtra Zombie Idea: ED Crowding is Due to Non-Urgent Patients
Date: April 1, 2025 This is another SGEM Xtra. I was asked to give a public lecture for the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health. The topic …
1 year, 3 months ago
SGEM Xtra: 5 Papers in 15 Minutes (Incrementum 2025)
Date: March 23, 2025 I was honoured to be invited to speak at Incrementum 2025 in Mercia, Spain. Thank you to Paco, Carmen, and the Incrementum team…
1 year, 3 months ago
SGEM Xtra: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Citation Errors in the Biomedical Literature
Date: February 22, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Nicholas Peoples, who is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Nick’s career has…
1 year, 4 months ago
SGEM #470: Here We Go Up Up Up or Lateral for Infant Lumbar Punctures
Reference: Pessano S, et al. Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. December 2023 Date: February 7, 2025 D…
1 year, 4 months ago
SGEM#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 t…
1 year, 4 months 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. Cl…
1 year, 4 months 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 profes…
1 year, 5 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: …
1 year, 5 months ago