Author: Alie Wudwud

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  • Dr. Alie Wudwud is a FRCPC Emergency Medicine resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa. She is also a junior editor for the EMOttawa Blog.

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Restrictive vs Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Brain Injury: The TRAIN Randomized Clinical Trial

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Taccone FS, et al. JAMA. 2024 Nov 19;332(19):1623-1633. Question and Methods: This multicenter, randomized trial aimed to determine... Read more.
Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Respirology, Resuscitation

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (Part 2)

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and nuanced. This is largely due to the lack of guidelines around pleural... Read more.
Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Recently Featured, Respirology, Resuscitation

By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (part 1)

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and unclear. This is largely due to the lack of guidelines around pleural... Read more.
Airway, cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Resuscitation

RV Failure and Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Right here, Right now!   Pumping up our Knowledge on Right Ventricular Failure and Acute Pulmonary Embolism   The treatment of patients with right ventricular... Read more.