Akiva Esterson
emowl.bsky.social
Akiva Esterson
@emowl.bsky.social
🚑 Emergency Medicine MD
🩺 MD, EMT-P, BEMS
⚕️ FOAMed MedEd MedSim POCUS HBO
🇮🇱 Israel
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In children and adolescents with a distal forearm injury, the use of ultrasonography as the initial diagnostic imaging method was noninferior to radiography.
N Engl J Med 2023;388:2049-57.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
February 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Fascinating: exercise such as dancing or jogging more effective than SSRIs for depression

www.bmj.com/content/384/...

Medsky
February 15, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Is combining adenosine with modified Valsalva at the same time better than adenosine alone?
Combination therapy _seems_ to show superiority, but the differences are not statistically significant. Possibly due to a relatively small sample size.
doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
Medsky EMedsky
February 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by Akiva Esterson
The strangest case of my primary care career began with an electronic patient request. I get these a lot. 99% are med refills, forms, or questions about symptoms. This was different. My patient felt fine. But, he was worried he’d be sent to jail… 1/13
February 8, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Less time to first whole blood transfusion was associated with reduced death at 24 hours and 30 days, with a survival benefit seen as early as 1 hour after emergency department arrival. ja.ma/49lDngo
February 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM