The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Reference: Huang Y-N, et al. Early Antiviral Therapy in Pediatric Outpatients and Risk of Influenza-Related Hospitalization. Pediatrics. 2026 Date: September 29, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Gabrielle Jasmine is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. Her research interests include health equity, social determinants of health, and medical education. Case: A […]

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Date: September 22, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Professor Gordon Guyatt is a physician and Professor of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University, with a joint appointment in Medicine. He coined the term “evidence-based medicine” in 1990, helped introduce the concept more widely through the 1992 JAMA paper, was central to the Users’ Guides […]

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Date: October 6, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ryan Stanton, creator of the EM podcast Front Line and the new President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Reference: Zhou et al. HOPE investigators. Alteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke at 4.5 to 24 Hours: The HOPE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 Case: Mr. Wei Zhang […]

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Reference: Kersten HB, et al; American Academy of Pediatrics and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Faltering Weight. Pediatrics. 2026. Date: September 15, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salina Khushal is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at the Pediatric Specialists of Virginia. She completed her fellowship at […]

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Date: September 30, 2026  Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Aaron is a full-time multidisciplinary intensivist and is the medical student clerkship director for critical care. Reference: ZhangJian et al. […]

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