by Michael Hale, Pascale King | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured
Community-acquired pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in Canada, and combined with influenza is the 7th most common cause of death overall. Diagnosis The 3 main pillars leading to the diagnosis of pneumonia are as follow: Evidence of infection (fever,...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 24, 2020 | Anesthesiology, Journal Club
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2.5 /5 Lumanauw DD, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Sep;26(9):1044-1051. doi: 10.1111/acem.13755. Epub 2019 Apr 29. Question and Methods: A randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine if sub-dissociative dose Ketamine (SDDK) is effective...
by Jessica McCallum, Pascale King | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Geriatrics, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement
What is Community Paramedicine? The international round table on community paramedicine provides the following definition: “…a model of care whereby paramedics apply their training and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 17, 2020 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Alexander E., et al. JAMA. 2019 Sep 27. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.15468. Editorial: Lefamulin-A New Antibiotic for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Question and Methods: LEAP-2 was a phase 3, double-blinded RCT to determine non-inferiority...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 10, 2020 | Journal Club, landmark, Thrombosis
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Kearon C, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2125-2134 Question and Methods: the authors sought to demonstrate safety using a d-dimer cut-off of 1000ng/mL for low pre-test probability patients & a cut-off of...
