The EMJClub Podcast

The EMJClub Podcast

By Brian Cohn, MDMedicine
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The EMJClub Podcast episodes

  • Outpatient Management of Acute PE
    Journal Club Podcast #6
    This month, Chris Carpenter and I chat about the safety and feasibility of
    managing acute pulmonary embolism in the outpatient setting...
    Bottom Line: 
    According to Rosen’s textbook of emergency medicine, approximately 1 in
    every 500 to 1000 (0.1%-0.2%) ED patients have a pulmonary embolism (PE). 
    Autopsy data ranges from 0.07% (Silverstein 1998) to 0.2% (Anderson 1991,
    Hansson 1997), although experts believe that clinical estimates of PE
    incidence underestimate the true value as opposed to autopsy, which often
    overestimates the true incidence (White 2003)...
    23 min
  • Clinical Decision Rules in Low-Risk Chest Pain
    Journal Club Podcast  #5
    Chief resident Tim Koboldt sits down with me to talk about low-risk chest
    pain, knowledge translation, and breaking down barriers...  
    Bottom Line: 
    Chest pain remains a common chief complaint among patients presenting to
    the Emergency Department, accounting for more than 10 million visits
    annually in the US. According to data from the Physician Insurers
    Association of America, more than a quarter of all money paid in closed
    malpractice claims from 1985 to 2003 involved patients with a chief
    complaint of “chest pain.” Given the high risk of malpractice, and
    increased morbidity...
    24 min
  • Intranasal Naloxone in Acute Opiate Overdose
    Naloxone remains the primary reversal agent in potential opiate overdose, though the optimal route of administration remains in question. We look at the evidence for the utility of intranasal naloxone in acute opiate overdose.
    23 min
  • Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest
    In patients presenting to the emergency department with cardiac arrest, predictors of outcome can assist with triage and decision-making. This months episode looks at the predictive value of cardiac standstill on bedside cardiac ultrasound in predicting futility of resuscitative efforts.
    22 min

About The EMJClub Podcast

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An evidence-based emergency medicine podcast. The Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club podcast provides an excellent way to keep up with the medical literature, improve patient care,…