by Renee Bradley, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | May 2, 2022 | Critical Care, Journal Club, Neurology, Neurosurgery
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Post R, et al. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):112-118. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32518-6. Question and Methods: This prospective, multicentre, randomized, controlled, open-label trial investigated whether administering TXA...
by Renee Bradley, Lucy Karp | Apr 7, 2022 | Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Surgery
As emergency physicians, we frequently see patient with metabolic syndromes and obesity. Globally, a significant rise in obesity has been observed over the last 30 years, including a dramatic rise in Canada28,32. From 1985 to 2016, obesity increased by more than 300%...
by Renee Bradley, Josee Malette | Aug 26, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Ultrasound
There are 35,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually in Canada6. Patient survival in OHCA increases dramatically with resuscitation; bystander CPR, use of AEDs and activation of EMS. Signifiant gains have been made with education at both the community and...
by Renee Bradley, Pascale King | May 28, 2020 | Featured
Epidemiology of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy The rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy is 5.4 per 10 000 pregnancies. This is 5x the risk of the general non-pregnant female population The rates of venous thromboembolism change throughout pregnancy:...
