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Maintaining lifelong learning is challenging, especially when trying to keep up with all of the journal publications in emergency medicine (EM). In 2013, we published a compilation of 52 journal articles, which interns could read over a 52-week period...

@marimphil wrote: OSCE–JUNE 2006 Question No : 1 List 4 findings on the x- ray a) What is the radiological diagnosis? b) List 4 causes for the finding in the left lung c) List 4 causes for the finding in the left lung Answer for Question No : 1...

Background: Prompt administration of antibiotics, adjunctive steroid therapy, and optimization of antibiotic delivery to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are factors associated with improved outcome of patients hospitalized for acute bacterial meningitis (ABM...

Podcast Link: SGEM79 Date:  June 11th, 2014 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Jeremy Faust is a Emergency Medicine resident Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City. Jeremy is a self described evidence based medicine zealot. He writes a column in ACEP News on the topic...

Background: Bacterial meningitis is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, but early appropriate therapy is expected to improve outcomes. National treatment guidelines were published in 2004, but no assessment of their utilization in the...