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.

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.

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.