by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 16, 2020 | Critical Care, Infectious Disease, Journal Club
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Fujii T, et al. JAMA. 2020 Jan 17. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.22176. [Epub ahead of print] Editorial: Lack of Benefit of High-Dose Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone Combination for Patients With Sepsis. Question and Methods:...
by Lisa Fischer, Caroline Gerin-Lajoie, Kerry Richie, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Slider
As Bob Dylan once said; “Times, they are a-changin’”. With respect to the novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), the situation in Canada and around the globe is changing rapidly and aggressively. As part of the first responder network, Emergency Departments (ED) and...
by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Here we present part two on our series on hypothermia. For more on the assessment, resuscitation, and management of the hypothermic patient, see part one. Prognostication of cardiac arrest in hypothermia Indicators of cardiac arrest before cooling (Brown 2012) Major...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 9, 2020 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Voskoboinik A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 2;382(1):20-28. Editorial: A Sober Reality? Alcohol, Abstinence, and Atrial Fibrillation. Question/Methods: Among adults who consume ≥10 drinks/week with symptomatic paroxysmal or...
by Mark McKinney, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Hypothermia results in slightly over one hundred deaths per year in Canada; typically as a result of primary hypothermia, frostbite and other cold exposure injuries (Toronto Public Health, 2014). In the United States, this is estimated at 1500 deaths annually...
