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Facemasks and Hand Washing Can Decrease Flu Transmission at Home
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Written by BEEM Group   

Wed

Dec

16

2009

BEEM Publication: Emergency Physicians Monthly

If you want to talk about timely evidence, this is definitely it. With the trials and tribulations of the usual expected North American influenza season, complicated by the early community prevalence of H1N1, sometimes it can feel like there are more questions than answers. To say that influenza awareness is heightened this eason due to the H1N1 strain would be a gross understatement. BEEM's Dr. Ken Milne looks at the utility of facemasks and hand hygeine measures in preventing the already pandemic spread of influenza to other household contacts.

 
Essential Evidence: New Online Tool from Wiley-Blackwell
Online Databases and Tools
Written by Rupinder Sahsi   

Mon

Dec

14

2009

Consider this a new addition to the existing members of the "summaries" strata of the evidence-based-information-sources pyramid. Poised to compete head-to-head with BMJ's Clinical Evidence product, PIER from the American College of Physicians, and First Consult from Elsevier Science, Wiley-Blackwell announced the launch of their newest online product: "Essential Evidence." Regrettably, as is the case with many such resources, it is available only with a subscription to their Essential Evidence Plus product. Press release after the jump.

 
Ken and Rick discuss BEEM at ACEP
BEEM News and Announcements
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Thu

Oct

29

2009

The ACEP Interviews. BEEM's Ken Milne chats with Rick Bukata at this year's ACEP conference about what BEEM is all about, how the work we do differs from other CME options out there, and how important it is for physicians to have easy access to high quality information they can use to guide decisions in their daily practice. Video below the fold.

 
Diagnosing Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections
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Mon

Sep

07

2009

BEEM Publication: Emergency Physicians Monthly

Urinary tract infections in children account for an estimated 5% to 15% of pediatric emergency department visits in the US. The diagnosis can be difficult to establish as the signs and symptoms at the time of presentation can be highly variable and nonspecific, especially in younger, non-verbal patients. The ideal gold standard test, urinary culture, is often unavailable when emergency physicians have to make the call. Been there? Can the available evidence guide us to identify infected patients early without going down the road of costly indiscrimiate testing? BEEM's Dr. Rupinder Sahsi summarizes the evidence that appeared in a recent JAMA Rational Clinical Examination piece on that very topic.

 
BEEM on the Medscape Most-Read in 2009 list
BEEM News and Announcements
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Thu

Dec

10

2009

Medscape from WebMD

Medscape did a tally this week of their most-read full-text journal articles read by Emergency Medicine Physicians in 2009. BEEM's work on an evidence based review of the PERC score that appeared in the Journal of Emergency Medicine in May of 2009 made Medscape's top-ten of 2009 list all the way up at #5! Congratulations Chris, Sam and Tony!

 
Pre-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: When to Pull the Plug
Publications
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Thu

Oct

08

2009

BEEM Publication: Emergency Physicians Monthly

Dr. Jonathan Sherbino abstracts the evidence for a situation emergency physicians and paramedics face all too often: at what point do you decide to terminate resuscitation efforts in the field? In many patients who suffer out of hospital cardiac arrest, sadly, there is a low probability of survival, and yet there is significant cost and risk associated with high speed "lights and sirens" transportation to a medical facility. Is there good evidence out there that helps to guide this tough call?

 
Preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults
Publications
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Thu

Jul

16

2009

BEEM Publication: Annals of Emergency Medicine

Falls are the leading cause of traumatic mortality among aging adults, with 27% of community dwelling elderly experiencing a fall every year, costing the United States alone $19 billion annually. Three quarters of these falls occur at home, and the active, community-dwelling elderly are more likely to experience injurious falls than frail, institutionalized adults. Evidence based reviews and multidisciplinary guidelines have advocated prevention focused on high-risk fallers. Is there evidence to support emergency-department based interventions to help prevent these potentially catastrophic events? BEEM's Dr. Christopher Carpenter abstracts the data from a recent Cochrane systematic review in an attempt to answer the question, and provides valuable insight into the interpretation of the data from the point of view of a practicing emergency physician.
 
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