The 2017 Lifelong Learning And Self-Assessment Study Guide - LLSA
About This Resource
The 2017 LLSA Study Guide gives you full-text reprints of the original articles* to be covered in the year's ABEM exam. You'll also receive a summary of key points for each article as well as sample questions, answers and explanations, and more. Topics covered in the 2017 exam include:
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Review 1: A Consensus Parameter For The Evaluation And Management Of Angioedema In The Emergency Department
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Review 2: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues In The Evaluation And Management Of Adult Patients With Suspected Acute Nontraumatic Thoracic Aortic Dissection
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Review 3: Treatment For Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning: A Systematic Review
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Review 4: Recognition And Management Of Withdrawal Delirium (Delirium Tremens)
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Review 5: Recognizing Victims Of Human Trafficking In The Pediatric Emergency Department
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Review 6: Infection Prevention In The Emergency Department
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Review 7: Lyme Disease
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Review 8: Ultrasonography Versus Computed Tomography For Suspected Nephrolithiasis
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Review 9: Integration Of Palliative Care Into Emergency Medicine: The Improving Palliative Care In Emergency Medicine (IPAL-EM) Collaboration
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Review 10: Toxic Industrial Chemicals And Chemical Weapons. Exposure, Identification, And Management By Syndrome
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Review 11: Trauma Airway Management
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Review 12: Treatment Of Venous Thromboembolism
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Product Details
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Date of Most Recent Review: December 1, 2020
Termination Date: November 30, 2023
Time To Complete Activity: 35 hours
CME Information:
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35 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM or 35 ACEP Category I Credits included at no extra charge with your LLSA Study Guide
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Specialty CME credits also included: 3 hours trauma credit and 6 hours ethics credit, subject to your state and institutional requirements.
Table of Contents
Review 1: A Consensus Parameter For The Evaluation And Management Of Angioedema In The Emergency Department
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 2: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues In The Evaluation And Management Of Adult Patients With Suspected Acute Nontraumatic Thoracic Aortic Dissection
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Introduction
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Clinical Policy Development Methods
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Critical Questions
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 3: Treatment For Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning: A Systematic Review
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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The Most Effective And Well Studied
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High-Dose Insulin
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Extracorporeal Life Support
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Calcium
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Vasopressors
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Lipid Emulsion Therapy
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Other Therapies
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 4: Recognition And Management Of Withdrawal Delirium (Delirium Tremens)
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 5: Recognizing Victims Of Human Trafficking In The Pediatric Emergency Department
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Pathology
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Epidemiology
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Suggested Clinical Approach
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History And Physical Examination
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Laboratory Investigations
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Sex Trafficking
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Reporting And Assistance
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Critique
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References
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 6: Infection Prevention In The Emergency Department
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Hand Hygiene
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Standard Precautions
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Transmission-Based Precautions
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Airborne Precautions
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Droplet Precautions
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Contact Precautions
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Healthcare Personnel Immunization
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Environmental Controls
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Healthcare-Associated Infections In Emergency Settings
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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection
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Peripheral Venous Catheters
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Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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Other Medical Devices
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Summary
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 7: Lyme Disease
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Infection
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Erythema Migrans
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Prevention
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Areas Of Continued Study
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Critique
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 8: Ultrasonography Versus Computed Tomography For Suspected Nephrolithiasis
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Critique
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Faulty Premise
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Natural Course Of Nephrolithiasis
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Application To Practice
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Editor’s Note
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Reference
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 9: Integration Of Palliative Care Into Emergency Medicine: The Improving Palliative Care In Emergency Medicine (IPAL-EM) Collaboration
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 10: Toxic Industrial Chemicals And Chemical Weapons. Exposure, Identification, And Management By Syndrome
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Clinical Principles In Toxicology
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Management Of Toxic Exposure
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Other Considerations
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 11: Trauma Airway Management
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Evaluation
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Intubation Method
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Forced To Act
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Difficult Airway In The Semistable Patient
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Intubation Medications
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Premedication
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Induction
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Paralytics
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Hemodynamic Resuscitation
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Cervical Spine Precautions
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Tracheobronchial Injury
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Epidemiology Mechanisms
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Evaluation And Management
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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CME Questions
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Original Article
Review 12: Treatment Of Venous Thromboembolism
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Synopsis
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Key Points
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Discussion
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Critique
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Editor’s Note
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References
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CME Questions
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Original Article
* Due to copyright restrictions, a reprint of article 5 and one table in article 10 are not included in the 2017 LLSA Study Guide.