Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Among Patients With Known Coronary Artery Disease
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Ashburn NP, et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Apr 1;8(4):347-356. Editorial: Critical Appraisal of the Negative Predictive Performanc... Read more.
Decoding Code Status: A Goals of Care Framework
In general, the public perception of CPR is filled with inaccuracies, and recently the New Yorker wrote about the Hidden Harms of CPR. In the article, Dr. Sunit... Read more.
Psychology and Science of Waiting
Preamble: This Grand Rounds was inspired in part by a conversation I had with Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak during my time at St. Michael’s Hospital where we discuss... Read more.
Managing Complications of Acute Stroke Therapy
Acute stroke care is integrated into emergency medicine in many emergency departments across Canada. Whether you are involved in acute stroke care through consu... Read more.
Patient Safety in the ED
What is patient safety? Patient safety is a discipline developed in response to the rise in hospital adverse events over the years. Aims to take lessons learned... Read more.
Recommendations for Education about Sexual and Gender Minorities within Canadian Residency Programs
At CAEP 2021, the SLGBTQIA + panel identified perceived or real barriers to the inclusion of sexual and gender minority content in Emergency Medicine residenc... Read more.
Pericarditis and Myocarditis in the ED
Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to the emergency department (ED) and includes a wide differential diagnosis. In today’s post, we will revie... Read more.
Bariatric Surgery Complications in the ED
As emergency physicians, we frequently see patient with metabolic syndromes and obesity. Globally, a significant rise in obesity has been observed over the las... Read more.
Shouldering the load: Shoulder dislocations in the ED
Shoulder dislocations are the most common large joint dislocation encountered by emergency physicians. Given their incidence in the emergency department, managi... Read more.