HUGE 💣 news for IMGs! The American Board of internal medicine is considering a pathway that allows American BOARD certification with just a fellowship in the U.S. without U.S. residency!

Tramadol Can Win on Pharmacology

Shout out to the pharmacists who prevent murders every single day

Wow. It's published! Our new article that will spark some good active discussion among ID people! 🆕️🔥 Clinical Microbiology and Infection by ID master Brad Spellberg & 🌟s Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Revisiting Diagnostics: ESR and CRP:It's Time to Stop the Zombie Tests clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

McArthur et al 2024-Intravenous Acetaminophen Versus Ketorolac for Prehospital Analgesia: A Retrospective Data Review. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39030089/ #FOAMed #FOAMems #MedEd

Oregon, which has one of the highest vaccine exemption rates for school children, is having its worst measles outbreak in >30 years…entirely in the unvaccinated. Antivaxxers don’t care about children; they’re selfish, ignorant adults forcing children to get preventable diseases

🚨 Breakthrough use of Methoxyflurane inhalers 🚨 💥 RCT shows Methoxyflurane inhalers combined with local anesthesia ⬇️ pain during genicular nerve blocks with the same safety profile! What other painful procedures could this be used for? 🤔 Link ⬇️ bit.ly/3Z46rra

🙋‍♂️ New Ketamine Sedation Guidelines for Mechanically Ventilated Patients - Published Today! 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aas.14… #ICU #FOAMcc #Ketamine #SCCM #SCCMSoMe #ICURehab Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Marwa Amer Yaseen Arabi Nazish Hashmi M.D Jamie Privratsky MD/PhD Duke Anesthesiology

It was a pleasure to chat about the OPAL trial and evidence based medicine more broadly with Jared Powell on his podcast. Thanks for having me! Tune in here: Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Sydney MSK #opioids #backpain #neckpain

Azari et al 2024-The Efficacy of Ketamine for Acute and Chronic Pain in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/1… #FOAMed #MeMed

Gutiérrez et al 2024-Sedoanalgesia With Ketamine in the Emergency Department: Factors Associated With Unsatisfactory Effectiveness. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38718384/ #FOAMed #MedEd #FOAMped #ketamine

Azlan et al 2024-Clinician's perspectives on the feasibility of patient controlled analgesia in emergency departments: A qualitative descriptive study.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39213760/ #FOAMed #MedEd

Ahmed et al 2024-Evaluating the Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Various Outcomes in Emergency Department Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39211715/ #FOAMed #MedEd #TENS

Shinde et al 2024-Application of Nerve Blocks in Upper and Lower Extremity Trauma Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39205782/ #FOAMed #MedEd #FOAMus #Nerveblocks

Roldan et al 2024-Haloperidol for Pain Management: A Narrative Review. mdpi.com/1424-8247/17/8… #FOAMed #MedEd

Yates JR 2024-Pharmacological Treatments for Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Current Status and Future Targets. dovepress.com/articles.php?a… #FOAMed #MedEd

Cozzi et al. 2024: Use of intranasal and sublingual analgesia in children and adolescents in the pediatric emergency department. bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e0… #FOAMed #FOAMped #MedEd

Giffin et al 2024-Prevalence of pain-related presentations in Canadian pediatric emergency departments. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #FOAMped #FOAMed #MedEd

Kim et al 2024-Efficacy and safety of perioperative ibuprofen for pain control after pediatric tonsillectomy: A systemic review and meta-analysis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39178604/ #FOAMed #FOAMped #MedEd