FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast

This episode summarizes and breaks down the 54 pages of recommendations from the new American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of PE.
Show notes, graphics, and references: FOAMcast.org
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Lauren Westafer
Disclosure: The views presented represent Lauren Westafer's alone and do not represent the opinions of the AHA/ACC or guideline writing committee

In this episode, we review the BEEPER study evaluating PERC-Peds to exclude pulmonary embolism in pediatric patients.
References: FOAMcast.org
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Lauren Westafer

This episode reviews the basics of cervical spine clearance in adult blunt trauma patients including
Deciding between clinical decision tools
What to do in the intoxicated/obtunded patient
What to do after a negative CT in a patient with persistent neck pain and no neurological symptoms
References at FOAMcast.org
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Lauren Westafer

In this episode, we review a new clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on the use of risk stratification tools and D-dimer to exclude non-traumatic thoracic aortic dissection.
Shownotes: FOAMcast.org

Historically, RhD immunoglobulin was recommended in Rh-negative patients presenting after spontaneous or induced abortion. However, guideline recommendations around the world have largely changed, and now recommend forgoing prophylaxis in most of these cases. We review the evidence and guidelines.
Show notes and references: FOAMcast.org
Thanks for listening!
Lauren Westafer