Author: Kaitlin Endres

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  • Kaitlin Endres

    Dr. Kaitlin Endres is an FRCPC Emergency Medicine resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

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The Kids Are(n’t) Alright: Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Medical Training
Commentary, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education

The Kids Are(n’t) Alright: Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Medical Training

“It feels like they’re just mostly just trying to make me comfortable with being uncomfortable”   My now-husband was always a year ahead of me in training.... Read more.
patient having a stroke
Journal Club, Neurology

Intra-arterial Tenecteplase for Acute Stroke After Successful Endovascular Therapy: The ANGEL-TNK Randomized Clinical Trial

Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Miao Z, et al. JAMA. 2025 Aug 19;334(7):582-591. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.10800. Question and Methods: To compare clinical outcomes... Read more.
Inhalation Injuries: The Answers You’ve Been LUNGing For
Airway, Anesthesiology, cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Respirology, Toxicology

Inhalation Injuries: The Answers You’ve Been LUNGing For

Inhalational injuries are a critical yet often overlooked aspect of trauma care, with far-reaching consequences in emergency medicine. These injuries can arise from... Read more.
Liver Let Die? Approach to Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis & Shock Liver
Critical Care, emergency, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Surgery, Thrombosis

Liver Let Die? Approach to Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis & Shock Liver

When working up your patient, how often do you think of problems related to the hepatic venous system? Have you suppressed those memories of time spent over your... Read more.
Pulmonary Embolism
Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Thrombosis

The D-Dimer Dilemma: It’s Use In Low-Risk PE

Pulmonary embolism is often a nebulous diagnosis with various nuances. COMMON: They affect 25-100 people per 100,000, or approximately 30,000 Canadians every year... Read more.