Author: Krishan Yadav

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  • Dr. Krishan Yadav is an FRCPC Emergency Medicine Physician, and Epidemiologist with a special interest in non-purulent skin and soft tissue infectious disease.

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Child receiving needle
Full Article, Journal Club, mental health, Pediatrics, psychiatry

PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Bourke EM, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Jul;86(1):1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.01.007.  Question and Methods: In this... Read more.
Pulmonary Embolism
Featured, Full Article, Journal Club, Thrombosis

Failure rate of D-dimer testing in patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: Ancillary analysis of three European studies

Methodology: 2.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Bannelier H, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Feb;32(2):116-122. doi: 10.1111/acem.15032.  Editorial: D-dimer in high-risk pulmonary... Read more.
Electronic Health Record 2
Featured, Journal Club, pharmacology

Implementation of Electronic Health Record Integration and Clinical Decision Support to Improve Emergency Department Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use

Methodology 3/5 Usefulness 2/5 Hoppe JA, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Jan;83(1):3-13.  Question and Methods: The study evaluated whether integrating prescription... Read more.
direct laryngoscopy
Airway, Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Toxicology

Effect of Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients With Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Freund Y, et al. JAMA. 2023 Dec 19;330(23):2267-2274.  Question and Methods: Multicenter RCT involving comatose patients with... Read more.
Chest pain
Cardiology, Featured, Full Article, Journal Club

Risk Scores for Clinical Risk Stratification of Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain but No Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 O’Rielly CM, et al. Can J Cardiol. 2023 Mar;39(3):304-310. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.12.028.  Question and Methods: The authors... Read more.