The Role of Serum Lactate in Seizure Diagnosis

This month for the April 2023 RCEMLearning podcast we've got two New in EM segments looking at using lactate to identify epileptic seizures and the impact of familiarity on performance. Becky and Chris delve into a guideline for non-fatal strangulation, and then finally we bring you three new articles for your CPD in New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here.

(03:15) New in EM - Using lactate to diagnose epileptic seizures

• Utility of serum lactate on differential diagnosis of seizure-like activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Patel et al. (2022)

(13:45) Guidelines for EM - Non-fatal strangulation

• Managing non-fatal strangulation in the emergency department
• FFLM Guidelines for non-fatal strangulation

(01:03:55) New in EM - Impact of familiarity on performance

• Effect of Increased Interprofessional Familiarity on Team Performance, Communication, and Psychological Safety on Inpatient Medical Teams: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Iyasere et al. (2022)

(01:13:52) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD

• Ramadan in the ED - Usama Basit
• Brugada Syndrome – Sameera Ganti, Derek Heng Jiun Yi, Eunizar Omar
• Management of Haematuria – Evan Coughlan and Andrew Parfitt