by emottawa | Mar 13, 2017 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Miller LG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 19;372(12):1093-103. Full Article Editorial: Choosing an antibiotic for skin infections. Wessels MR N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar...
by emottawa | Mar 9, 2017 | Ultrasound
A female in her 20’s presents to the emergency department 15 days after major cardiac surgery to repair a congenital aortic valve defect. Her chief complaint is palpitations and shortness of breath, which have been constant and ongoing for the last 4 days. She...
by emottawa | Mar 6, 2017 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Ferguson I, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Nov;68(5):574-582. Abstract Link This was a large multicenter double-blind RCT to compare ketafol in a 1:1 ratio to propofol failed to find a 10% absolute...
by emottawa | Mar 2, 2017 | Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Use of the term “sepsis” continues to be controversial. We understand that patients with infection can manifest an immune-mediated systemic response, and are at risk of deterioration, organ dysfunction, and death. At what point in that cascade the patient is termed...
