Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Dequin PF, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2215145. Question and Methods: Pneumosepsis can lead to pulmonary... Read more.
Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Cheskes S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 6. Question and Methods: A cluster-randomized open-label trial evaluating survival... Read more.
Aggressive or Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 de-Madaria E, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 15;387(11):989-1000. Question and Methods: A multicenter, open-label, randomized control... Read more.
COMET-ICE Trial on Sotrovimab
Sotrovimab Sotrovimab is a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes sarbecoviruses (respiratory viruses detected by PCR on oral/nasal swabs or from bronchial/lung/respiratory... Read more.
Crashing through the snow, reviewing the CRASH-3 trial
Dr. Krishan Yadav is an FRCPC Emergency Medicine Physician with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology, and here he helps to provide some great insights and opinions... Read more.
Factors associated with treatment failure in non-purulent skin and soft tissue infections
Non-purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs; i.e. cellulitis or erysipelas) account for up to 3% of all emergency department (ED) visits. Once the diagnosis... Read more.
