Emergency Medical Abstracts
We review over 600 medical journals each month so you don’t have to.
EMA 2026 September
September EMA features 20 papers selected and dissected by Sanjay and Mike, then Ultra Summarized by...
September EMA features 20 papers selected and dissected by Sanjay and Mike, then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami talk a little nerdy about using AI to augment peer review.
EMA 2026 August
Jenny Beck-Esmay and Matthew DeLaney step in for the main show this month, covering 20 papers in...
Jenny Beck-Esmay and Matthew DeLaney step in for the main show this month, covering 20 papers in depth. Aaron Skolnik joins Jess Monas for the Ultra Summary. Ken and Swami look at an article by Chris Carpenter et al. Problem with the existing reporting standards for adverse event and medical error research and discuss reporting adverse events.
EMA 2026 July
For the July episode of EMA Mike and Sanjay present us with 20 papers, which are then Ultra...
For the July episode of EMA Mike and Sanjay present us with 20 papers, which are then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami are back with another critical appraisal of a paper. The impact of defibrillation current and pad position on return of spontaneous circulation during refractory ventricular fibrillation.Cheskes S, Drennan IA, Turner L, et al.
EMA 2026 June
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 papers, which are then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken...
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 papers, which are then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami pick three philosophical razors each to discuss for your nerdy pleasure.
EMA 2026 May
This month Mike and Sanjay cover 20 papers, then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami...
This month Mike and Sanjay cover 20 papers, then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami give us a lecture on why relative risk must always be paired with absolute risk and NNT to determine whether a statistically impressive result is actually clinically meaningful.
EMA 2026 April
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect the usual 20 papers, these are then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and...
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect the usual 20 papers, these are then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami discuss three commonly confused statistical measures, risk ratio (RR), odds ratio (OR), and hazard ratio (HR).
EMA 2026 March
For the March installment of EMA Mike and Sanjay cover 20 papers in depth, Jenny and Jess give us...
For the March installment of EMA Mike and Sanjay cover 20 papers in depth, Jenny and Jess give us their Ultra Summary. Ken and Swami discuss how the term “power” confused Swami in a study covered in October 2025 EMA.
EMA 2026 February
For the February EMA Mike and Sanjay, as usual, select and dissect 20 papers. Jenny and Jess give us...
For the February EMA Mike and Sanjay, as usual, select and dissect 20 papers. Jenny and Jess give us their Ultra Summary. Ken and Swami are back with another structured critical appraisal of a study covered in July 2024, “Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability” by Ahlqvist et al (JAMA. 2023;331(14):1205-1214).
EMA 2026 January
Mike and Sanjay kick off 2026 with a very international episode featuring 20 papers from all over...
Mike and Sanjay kick off 2026 with a very international episode featuring 20 papers from all over the world, covered in depth and then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami talk a little nerdy about the target trial framework, a structured approach for designing high-quality observational studies that mimics RCT methodology by first specifying a hypothetical trial protocol and then emulating it with real-world data to minimize design biases while acknowledging limitations from unmeasured confounders.
EMA 2025 December
Mike and Sanjay are back to finish off the year with a selection of 20 papers. Jenny and Jess give...
Mike and Sanjay are back to finish off the year with a selection of 20 papers. Jenny and Jess give us their Ultra Summary, and Swami and Ken discuss Minimal Important Difference (MID) - the smallest change in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that patients perceive as meaningful.
EMA 2025 November
Jenny Beck-Esmay and Matthew Delaney host the EMA main show this month. Covering 20 papers in depth....
Jenny Beck-Esmay and Matthew Delaney host the EMA main show this month. Covering 20 papers in depth. Aaron Skolnik is back in the Ultra Summary seat with Jess Monas, and Ken and Swami compare frequentist and Bayesian statistical approaches to stopping clinical trials early.
EMA 2025 October
October EMA covers 20 papers, as usual, selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay. Jenny and Jess...
October EMA covers 20 papers, as usual, selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay. Jenny and Jess give us the Ultra Summary. Ken and Swami discuss generalizability (external validity) in medical research.
EMA 2025 September
September EMA features 20 papers selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay, then Ultra Summarized by...
September EMA features 20 papers selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay, then Ultra Summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami bring us a critical appraisal of a paper covered in our May episode, Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures? A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
EMA 2025 August
For August EMA Mike and Sanjay select and discuss 20 papers, which are then ultra summarized by...
For August EMA Mike and Sanjay select and discuss 20 papers, which are then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami talk a little nerdy about exploratory analysis.
EMA 2025 July
This month as always, Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 peppers, then Jenny and Jess give us...
This month as always, Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 peppers, then Jenny and Jess give us their Ultra Summary. Ken and Swami take a nerdy dive into Network Meta-Analysis (NMA).
EMA 2025 June
June EMA covers 20 papers, selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay, then ultra summarized by Jenny...
June EMA covers 20 papers, selected and dissected by Mike and Sanjay, then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami address the significant problem of inaccurate citations in medical literature.
EMA 2025 May
Mike and Sanjay are back this month taking on 20 papers of their choosing, that are then summarized...
Mike and Sanjay are back this month taking on 20 papers of their choosing, that are then summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami discuss Nicole White et al.'s BMC Medicine article examining questionable research practices in clinical prediction models.
EMA 2025 April
This month the wonderful Jenny Beck-Esmay and Ken Milne step in to allow Mike and Sanjay to have a...
This month the wonderful Jenny Beck-Esmay and Ken Milne step in to allow Mike and Sanjay to have a month off. They cover 20 papers in depth, which are then ultra summarized by Jess Monas and Aaron Skolnik. Ken Milne and Anand Swaminathan talk a little nerdy about using AI for evidence appraisal.
EMA 2025 March
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 studies, which are then ultra summarised by Jenny and Jess....
Mike and Sanjay select and dissect 20 studies, which are then ultra summarised by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami evaluate a systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) on using Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW) as an early detection tool for sepsis.
EMA 2025 February
February EMA features 20 papers selected and discussed at length by Mike and Sanjay, then ultra...
February EMA features 20 papers selected and discussed at length by Mike and Sanjay, then ultra summarized by Jenny and Jess. Ken and Swami discuss cognitive challenges in Evidence-Based Medicine.