The revised Approved Instructional Resources score: An improved quality evaluation tool for online educational resources.

Background: Free Open-Access Medical education (FOAM) use among residents continues to rise. However, it often lacks quality assurance processes and residents receive little guidance on quality assessment. The Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Approved Instructional Resources tool (AAT) was created for FOAM appraisal by and for expert educators and has demonstrated validity in this context.

Pitfalls in anaphylaxis diagnosis and management at a university emergency department.

Background: Some previous reports revealed suboptimal management of anaphylaxis (ANX) in the emergency department (ED).

Objective: To evaluate the recorded diagnosis and management of patients who presented with ANX at our university hospital ED and to assess how the management correlated with the severity of the case and the training level of the ED staff.

Methods: A descriptive study that involved reviewing the electronic medical records of patients who presented with ANX at the ED during a period of 4 years.

Diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis in L-Fabp / mice is abrogated with SF, but not PUFA, feeding and attenuated after cholesterol supplementation.

Liver fatty acid (FA)-binding protein (L-Fabp), a cytoplasmic protein expressed in liver and small intestine, regulates FA trafficking in vitro and plays an important role in diet-induced obesity. We observed that L-Fabp(-/-) mice are protected against Western diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis. These findings are in conflict, however, with another report of exaggerated obesity and increased hepatic steatosis in female L-Fabp(-/-) mice fed a cholesterol-supplemented diet.