SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Adult with a Lower Extremity Rash
January 30, 2023
A 37-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with a rash. Initial symptoms began one...
Erin Shufflebarger, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl | Substance-Induced Crystalluria: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
May 6, 2022
Which of the substances below causes crystalluria with hexagonal crystals that shimmer on macroscopic urine examination? Acyclovir Ethylene glycol Indinavir Primidone Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim ...
Alex Ponce, PharmD
STARRT-AKI Trial: Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Acute Kidney Injury
August 24, 2020
Background Information: It is well documented throughout the literature that critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with acute kidney injury have...
Marco Torres
ALiEM AIR | Renal/Genitourinary 2020 Module
August 7, 2020
Welcome to the AIR Renal/Genitourinary Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR...
Chris Belcher, MD
Beyond the Abstract: Systemic Online Academic Resources Review: Renal and Genitourinary
May 20, 2020
Production and use of free open access medical education resources (FOAM) has had a meteoric rise over the last decade.1–4 ALiEM works hard to produce...
Andrew Grock, MD
AIR Series: Renal/Genitourinary (2017)
August 21, 2017
Welcome to the Renal/GU Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team...
AIR Series: GU/Renal Module 2015
April 29, 2015
Welcome to the eighth ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) Module! In an effort to reward our residents for the reading and learning they are already doing online we have created...
Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury with Vancomycin
May 20, 2014
There are a few reasons why piperacillin/tazobactam (Zosyn) is not usually my first choice for a broad-spectrum gram-negative agent in the ED. First, at my institution,...
Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP
Bicarbonate: Completely Useless?
December 4, 2013
Intravenous sodium bicarbonate seems like a wonderful drug. It fixes acidosis, pushes potassium into cells, alkalinizes urine, and even helps with smelly feet. However, this...
52 Articles in 52 Weeks: Landmark EM Articles 2013
November 12, 2013
To provide a resource for evidence-based Emergency Medical education, this list of must-read landmark articles was created to supplement the Emergency Medicine (EM) internship year...
Emily Junck, MD
Mythbuster: Urgent dialysis following IV contrast?
October 31, 2012
Have you ever had to promise the radiologist that you would arrange emergent dialysis for your end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient after receiving IV contrast?...