Top 20 ALiEM Clinical Posts in 2015

Posted by Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP on Dec 26, 2015

Seasons greetings from the ALiEM team. We have been publishing so many posts this year that you may have missed a few. Did you catch at least the top 20 most-read ALiEM clinical posts, which were published in 2015? Check them out.

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Through Google Analytics for the date range Jan 1-Dec 24, 2015, we identified the top 20 posts published in 2015. Of note, posts earlier in the year have had more time to generate more page views, which makes posts like Mark Culver’s Dec 21 post on Isopropyl Alcohol Vapor Inhalation for Nausea & Vomiting all the more impressive that it made it to the top. Tricks of the trade are definitely popular!

Top 20 most popular ALiEM clinical posts in 2015

Date	Post Title	Author	Page Views
Dec 21, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Isopropyl Alcohol Vapor Inhalation for Nausea & Vomiting	Mark Culver	10,929
Jul 22, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Squeeze Test for Confirmation of IO Placement	Jacob Avila	9,506
May 11, 2015	Trick of the Trade: IV-Push Antibiotics in the ED	Adam Spaulding	8,293
Nov 5, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Dermal Avulsion Injuries 2.0	Brian Lin	4,935
May 18, 2015	Ketamine for Excited Delirium Syndrome	Bryan Hayes	4,613
Jan 20, 2015	Must-Know EM Pharmacotherapy Articles of 2014	Bryan Hayes	4,570
Apr 22, 2015	Hyperkalemia Management: Preventing Hypogylcemia from Insulin	Bryan Hayes	3,729
Nov 9, 2015	Highlights from the 2015 American Heart Association CPR and ECC Guidelines	Sean Kivlehan	3,428
Mar 30, 2015	Adenosine in Reactive Airway Disease	Marian Gaviola	3,322
Mar 16, 2015	The Art of Syringe Labeling in the ED	Bryan Hayes	3,011
Oct 23, 2015	PV Card: Initial Pain Medication Options in the Emergency Department	Nick Koch, Sergey Motov	2,908
Feb 16, 2015	Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 1 or 2 Tablets BID?	Bryan Hayes, Nadia Awad, Emily Heil	2,771
Sep 2, 2015	Diagnosis on Sight: Recurrent Rash	Jeff Riddell	2,742
Aug 5, 2015	Utility of Pre-4-Hour Acetaminophen Levels in Acute Overdose	Bryan Hayes	2,662
Jun 3, 2015	Rib Fractures in Older Adults – What’s the Big Deal?	Christina Shenvi	2,562
Mar 26, 2015	Diagnosis on Sight: Swollen Gums	Jeff Riddell	2,340
Feb 23, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Needle-Vein Alignment in Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV	Jeff Wiswell	2,301
Aug 25, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Ear Foreign Body Removal with Modified Suction Setup	Yen Chow	2,194
Jul 16, 2015	Trick of the Trade: Lactated Ringers for Sepsis Complicated by Hyponatremia	Kai Li	2,184
Apr 20, 2015	Diagnosis on Sight: Lip Swelling	Jeff Riddell	2,175

Author information

Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP

Leadership Team, ALiEM
Creator and Lead Editor, Capsules and EM Pharm Pearls Series
Attending Pharmacist, EM and Toxicology, MGH
Associate Professor of EM, Division of Medical Toxicology, Harvard Medical School

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