

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
| Site | Article | Author | Date | Label |
| EMCrit | Acute liver failure | Dr. Josh Farkas | March 20, 2023 | AIR |
| EMCrit | Spontaneous Bacterial peritonitis | Dr. Josh Farkas | April 17, 2023 | AIR |
| EMCrit | GI Bleeding | Dr. Josh Farkas | April 14, 2023 | AIR |
| RebelEM | SBO | Dr. Anand Swaminathan | January 25, 2023 | HM |
| EM Ottawa | Rethinking Acute Pancreatitis in the ED | Dr. Kevin Guo | May 11, 2023 | HM |
| EMCrit | Hepatic Encephalopathy in chronic liver disease | Dr. Josh Farkas | April 3, 2023 | HM |
| EMCrit | Hepatorenal syndrome causing AKI | Dr. Josh Farkas | April 3, 2023 | HM |
| EM Docs | LBO: ED Presentation, evaluation, management | Dr. Christopher Whiting | July 17, 2023 | HM |
| EM Docs | Guideline Update: Acute Lower GI Bleeding | Dr. Brit Long | November 20, 2023 | HM |
| EM Docs | ED evaluation of Cholestatic labs | Dr. Amelia Campbell | March 4, 2024 | HM |
| PEM Morsels | Acute esophageal variceal bleeding in children | Dr. Sean Fox | June 9, 2023 | HM |
(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)
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Reference
- 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



