We regularly screen over 100 medical journals for studies related to the practice of emergency medicine. Our focus is on prospective studies with patient-oriented outcomes and on clinical practice guidelines but we also include some case-control and database studies. A copy of the title and conclusions of each selected study is sent to BEEM Raters—frontline emergency physicians around the world—who rate each article on its relevance to the clinical practice of emergency medicine.

Those articles with the highest ratings are critically appraised by a group of clinical epidemiologists and emergency physicians trained in evidence-based medicine. The studies that pass all of the quality assessments formulate the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine and the BEEM reviews are presented at the BEEM Course.

Following is a summary of topics related to pediatric and adult emergencies reviewed by BEEM.

A

Abscesses
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Agitation
Airway
Alpha-blockers
Amiodarone
Angiography
Antibiotic Use
Anticholinergic agents
Anticoagulants
Antiepileptic
Antithrombotics
Apneic oxygenation
Appendicitis
Arthritis
Asthma

B

Back Pain
Bell’s Palsy
Beta-agonists
Bronchiolitis
BRUE
Buckle Fracture

C

Carbon monoxide
Cardiac Arrest
Chest pain
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical practice Guideline
Community-acquired pneumonia
Computed tomography
Concussion
Congestive heart failure
Continuous positive airway pressure

D

D-dimer
Dexamethasone
Diabetic keto-acidosis
Dysrhythmia

E

Effectiveness
Effect size
Endotracheal intubation

F

Fascia iliaca block
Fever

G

Gastroeneteritis
Gout

H

Head Injury
Heart Failure
Heterogeneity
Hip fracture
Hypertonic saline

I

Infectious mononucleosis
Influenza
Intracranial hemorrhage
isopropyl alcohol

J

 

K

Kappa
ketamine-propofol

L

Laryngoscopy
Lidocaine
Lost-to-follow-up

M

Magnesium sulfate
Meta-analyses
Morphine
Myocardial infarction

N

Nasal cannula
Nausea
Neuraminidase inhibitors
Non-inferioriority
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Nursemaid’s elbow

O

Oblique angle chest x-ray
Opioids
Optic nerve sheath diameter
Otitis Media

P

Paracetamol
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Pharyngitis
Placebo
Pneumonia
post-arrest
Procedural sedation
Pulmonary embolism

Q

 

R

Regional Nerve Block
Relapse
Respiratory tract infection
Revascularization

S

Seizure
Sepsis
Shock
Skin & Soft Tissue Infection
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Status epilepticus
Stings
Stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Syncope
Systematic review

T

Tamsulosin
Targeted temperature management
Thrombectomy
Troponin
Transfusion

U

Ureteric Calculi

V

Validity
Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia
Video laryngoscopy
Volar digital injection

W

Withdrawal

XYZ

Xray

Plus EBM tips to help you interpret the literature!