Although much of the emergent focus has been on management of the Covid19 patient with respiratory distress, prevention of transmission in and out of the ED within the rest of the hospital is of great importance… Read more

In this era of social distancing and online learning, check out Trauma ICU Rounds, new podcast by Dr. Dennis Kim, that provides concise, clinically relevant information on topics that span the spectrum of critical care, emergency general surgery, and trauma surgery. You can find it on its website, iTunes, or the other major directories. … Read more

With lots of edits happening on the WikEM daily it can be overwhelming to know where to help with edits. Following the recent changes page can help give context.… Read more

A lot of development has been happening with regards to the Covid19 page and associated pages. Please see here if you would like to help out with efforts… Read more

Updated information for Covid-19 patients with a STEMI. Many hospitals will prefer thrombolytic usage rather than primary PCI in order to limit hospital exposure… Read more

Updates and information regarding covid-19 can be found here.… Read more

Most providers use Cipro/Flagyl for uncomplicated diverticulitis but don’t forget about alternatives such as Amoxicillin/Clavulanate … Read more

A quick review of biologic immunomodulators. The various letters chosen in the name indicated the structure, origin, and targets of the molecule. For example ixekizumab for psoriasis ends with –mab, so it is a monoclonal antibody, has a –u- so it is human and has –ki- which means that it is interleukin targeted.

Also, many new novel onocologic agents carry their own adverse effect.s… Read more

To better facilitate communication we have an open telegram channel https://t.me/wikem_org Anyone can join and chat directly with other users and editors for help and general discussion.… Read more

If your mobile app is crashing and lacking content, please uninstall and perform a full update upon re-install. The app needs to download the entire wiki and must be performed on wifi. Please do not let your phone sleep during the process as it will interrupt the download. Due to the size of the wiki we cannot perform a background update. If your phone did turn off the screen during setup please click the blue update button in the app and reattempt initial download. After this initial download, pages will only update if changes have occurred since last viewed.… Read more