Welcome to the AIR Respiratory 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 respiratory diseases in the Emergency Department. 6 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 3 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 3 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: Respiratory
| Site | Article | Author | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMCrit | IBCC: Asthma | Josh Farkas, MD | April 12, 2023 | AIR |
| EMCrit | IBCC: Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia | Josh Farkas, MD | October 11, 2022 | AIR |
| EM Docs | Empyema: ED Presentation, Evaluation, and Management | Heath Garner, MD | April 11, 2022 | AIR |
| Rebel EM | Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax | Jessica DiPeri, MD | December 1, 2022 | HM |
| The Skeptics Guide to EM | Hey Ho! High Flow vs Standard O2 therapy for hospitalized children with respiratory failure | Dennis Ren, MD | April 22, 2023 | HM |
| PEM Blog | Why we do what we do: Treatments for severe asthma | Brad Sobolewski, MD | August 23, 2022 | 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
Chris Belcher, MD
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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