Welcome to the AIR Immune 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 immune emergencies in the Emergency Department. 7 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 2 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 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: Immune 2024

Site Article Author Date Label
EM Docs Kawasaki Disease Maha Khalid July 1, 2023 AIR
EM Docs DRESS Katey Osborne November 27, 2023 AIR
Rebel EM Palace trial: direct oral PCN challenge in patients with low-risk PCN allergy Salim Rezaie August 3, 2023 HM
Rebel EM Angioedema  Anand Swaminathan September 13, 2023 HM
Rebel EM Cetirizine vs Diphenhydramine for treatment of acute urticaria in the ED Nadia Adside January 23, 2024 HM
EM Docs Liver transplant complications Jacob Kirkland November 18, 2023 HM
EM Docs Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein in the ED Rachel Kelly May 29, 2023 HM

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

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us!

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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