AIR Series: Renal/Genitourinary (2017)

By Andrew Grock, MD August 21, 2017 0 comments

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 is proud to present the highest quality Renal/GU content. Below we have listed our selection of the 13 highest quality blog posts within the past 12 months (as of May 2017) related to Renal/GU emergencies, curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 3 AIRs and 10 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 hours (about 20 minutes per article) of III credit for this module. As of June 2017, over 125 residency programs are using the AIR series – that’s over 1,200 residents completing at least one module in the 2016-2017 academic year!

AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have two subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded strictly to posts scoring above a scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.

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Highlighted Quality Posts on Renal/GU Diseases

Article Title	Author	Date	Label
BEEM Cases 2 – Renal Colic Imaging, Analgesia, Fluids & MET	Anton Helman, MD	5/23/2016	AIR
First10EM: UTI: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know	Justin Morgenstern MD	4/15/2017	AIR
CoreEM: Ureteral Colic	Anand Swaminathan, MD	7/06/2016	AIR
SGEM#154: Here I Go Again, Kidney Stone	Tony Seupaul, MD and Marc Phan, MD	5/12/2016	HM
EMDocs: Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Confounding Causation	Richard Sinert, MD	2/13/2017	HM
Ultrasound Podcast: Renal Ultrasound	Mike Mallin, MD, Matt Dawson, MD, Jacob Avila, MD, and Vicki Noble, MD	2016	HM
EMDocs: Foley Catheter Patients: Common ED Presentations / Management / Pearls & Pitfalls	Aaron Schnieder, MD, and William Sanderson, MD	11/24/2016	HM
Ultrasound Podcast: Renal Ultrasound 2	Mike Mallin, MD, Matt Dawson, MD, Jacob Avila, MD, and Vicki Noble, MD	2016	HM
RebelEM: Contrast Induced Nephropathy (CIN): Fact or Myth?	Salim Rezaie, MD	3/20/2017	HM
EMDocs: Acute Urinary Retention in the ED	Candace Johnson, MD	3/1/2017	HM
PedsEMMorsels: Epididymitis in Children	Sean Fox, MD	8/24/2016	HM
EMCrit: Is Piperacillin-Tazobactam Nephrotoxic?	Josh Farkas, MD	7/9/2016	HM
PEM Playbook: Urine Trouble	Tim Horezco, MD	2/1/2017	HM

HM = Honorable Mention

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us!

From the ALiEM AIR Executive Board and ALiEMU Team:

Jeremy Branzetti
Hari Bhatt
Sean Fox
Chris Gaafary
Andrew Grock
Jacob Hennings
Nikita Joshi
Jay Khadpe
Michelle Lin
Kasey Mekonnen
Allie Min
Eric Morley
Salim Rezaie
Lynn Roppolo
Kaushal Shaw
Derek Sifford
Anand Swaminathan
Taku Taira

Author information

Andrew Grock, MD

Lead Editor/Co-Founder of ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR)
Faculty Physician, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Department

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