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Welcome to the AIR GI Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to GI emergencies in the Emergency Department. 11 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 3 AIR and 8 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 6 hours of III credit for this module.

AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded only to posts scoring above a strict 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: GI 2024

SiteArticleAuthorDateLabel
EMCritAcute liver failureDr. Josh FarkasMarch 20, 2023AIR
EMCritSpontaneous Bacterial peritonitisDr. Josh FarkasApril 17, 2023AIR
EMCritGI BleedingDr. Josh FarkasApril 14, 2023AIR
RebelEMSBODr. Anand SwaminathanJanuary 25, 2023HM
EM OttawaRethinking Acute Pancreatitis in the EDDr. Kevin GuoMay 11, 2023HM
EMCritHepatic Encephalopathy in chronic liver diseaseDr. Josh FarkasApril 3, 2023HM
EMCritHepatorenal syndrome causing AKIDr. Josh FarkasApril 3, 2023HM
EM DocsLBO: ED Presentation, evaluation, managementDr. Christopher WhitingJuly 17, 2023HM
EM DocsGuideline Update: Acute Lower GI BleedingDr. Brit LongNovember 20, 2023HM
EM DocsED evaluation of Cholestatic labsDr. Amelia CampbellMarch 4, 2024HM
PEM MorselsAcute esophageal variceal bleeding in childrenDr. Sean FoxJune 9, 2023HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

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Reference

    1. Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Digital Impact Factor: A Quality Index for Educational Blogs and Podcasts in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011, PMID 36967275

 

 

Chris Belcher, MD

Chris Belcher, MD

Editor, ALiEM AIR Series
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Chris Belcher, MD

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