friendly reminder that pregnancy dating starts with the last menstrual period, ie 2 weeks before conception and it is very common to not know if you are pregnant by 6 weeks a "6 week" ban is effectively a complete ban

TNnytimes.comApr 2, 2024 3:50pm

Florida’s supreme court allowed a strict abortion ban, along with a ballot question to expand abortion access and a separate ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana. Here's why it may inject new life into Democratic campaigns there.

With Abortion Ballot Question, a ‘Path to Relevance’ for Democrats in Florida?

Rulings allowing a strict abortion ban, along with a ballot question on expanding abortion access, may inject new life into Democratic campaigns in the state.

Haven’t been here in a while. Is it active? Worth still staying on?

Miss my crew- congrats on the paper! Cc @mikejohansenmd.bsky.social

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | @AnnalsofEM 7 RCTs: 1. 11% ⬇️ 💀 at 1 month w/ a NNT of 61 to avoid 1💀 2.✅ reduced 24h 💀 3. No ⬆️ VTE risk www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Test Characteristics of Emergency Medicine-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | @AnnalsofEM 7 studies, n=1,772 Sen 70.9% | Spec 94.4% | +LR 12.7 | -LR 0.31 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Test Characteristics of Emergency Medicine-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of A...

Acute cholecystitis accounts for up to 9% of hospital admissions for acute abdominal pain, and best practice entails early surgical management. Ultras…

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Haven’t been able to make the switch from X to BlueSky yet :-/

#AJEM paper: Interesting retrospective study suggesting that geriatric patients with sepsis and anemia should have a transfusion goal of at least 9 g/dL. Tons of limitations of course given the nature of the study-- curious what y'all think for an RCT? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Anyone have a list of all the Choosing Wisely guidelines that apply to Emergency Medicine?

Important: @AcademicEmerMed GRACE Systematic Review... Relatively few studies provide direct evidence on the utility of phenobarbital for AWS in the ED, but the evidence that exists generally suggests that it is a reasonable and appropriate approach pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37589203/

Phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal management in the emergency department: A systematic review of ...

Relatively few studies provide direct evidence on the utility of phenobarbital for AWS in the ED, but the evidence that exists generally suggests that it is a reasonable and appropriate approach. Addi...