Author: Shannon Fernando

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Shannon Fernando

Dr. Shannon Fernando is a FRCPC Emergency and Critical Care Physician, having completed his training at the University of Ottawa.
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Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

Emerging Updates in Septic Shock

by Shannon Fernando, Kate O'Connell January 30, 2020 1

In September 2018, Dr. Bram Rochwerg and I wrote a blog post on the treatment of patients with sepsis and septic shock. Much of this was based on the 2016 Surviving... Read more.

Featured, Neurology

Diagnosis of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Critically Ill Patients

by Shannon Fernando September 26, 2019 0

In the Emergency Department (ED) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), we often encounter patients with brain injury. This includes patients with traumatic brain injury... Read more.

Critical Care, Featured

All in one: Sepsis in the Emergency Department

by Shannon Fernando, Bram Rochwerg September 13, 2018 0

Comprehensively discussing sepsis in the Emergency Department (ED) in a three-page blog is quite frankly, impossible. You would be hard-pressed to find a disease... Read more.

Featured, Infographics

Diagnosis of Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection

by Shannon Fernando, Jeff Perry, Shahbaz Syed April 23, 2018 0

Necrotising soft tissue infections are an significant cause of morbidity and mortality, so an timely diagnosis is critical for the Emergency Physician. Here we... Read more.