The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Recent Episodes

SGEM#280: This Old Heart of Mine and Troponin Testing

Posted January 18, 2020 • 00:30:11

Date: January 16th, 2020 Reference: Troponin Testing and Coronary Syndrome in Geriatric Patients With Nonspecific Complaints: Are We Overtesting? AEM...

SGEM#279: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me and Use a Placebo Control for a Migraine Trial?

Posted January 11, 2020 • 00:32:34

Date: January 10th, 2020 Reference: Dodick DW et al. Ubrogepant for the Treatment of Migraine. NEJM 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is...

SGEM Xtra: Come Together, Right Now – Over Renal Colic

Posted December 28, 2019 • 00:28:24

Date: December 16th, 2019 Reference: Moore et al. Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic: Systematic Review of the Literature and Multispecialty Consensus....

SGEM Xtra: NNT – WET or DRI

Posted December 21, 2019 • 00:31:51

Date: December 17th, 2019 Reference: Reeves and Reynolds. The NNT-WET and NNT-DRI: (Mostly) Satirical New Metrics to Emphasize the Inherent Inefficiency...

SGEM#278: Seen Your Video for Acute Otitis Media Discharge Instructions?

Posted December 14, 2019 • 00:28:50

Date: December 13th, 2019 Reference: Belisle et al. Video discharge instructions for acute otitis media in children: a randomized controlled open-label...