Author: Max Zworth

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  • Dr. Max Zworth

    Dr. Zworth is a senior Emergency Medicine resident at the University of Ottawa. His interests include addiction, pain medicine, and sports medicine.

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medicolegal
Featured, Grand Round Summaries, mental health, Patient Advocacy

Law and Disorder: Navigating medicolegal Issues (Part 1)

On October 17, 2013, 27-year-old Philisha Sutherland was found at home by her parents—lethargic, weak, and slurring her speech. EMS transported her to Sault Area... 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.
iGAS
Featured

Invasive Group A Strep (iGAS).. It’s Backkkkk (Part 2)

In case you missed it, in part 1 of this series, Dr. Zworth discussed the increasing prevalence of invasive Group A Strep (iGAS), the mounting public health concern,... Read more.
strep
cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Dermatology, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Recently Featured

Invasive Group A Strep (iGAS).. It’s Backkkk (Part 1)

In Fall 2023, I was working an evening shift at a community hospital when we got a patch. A 3-year-old girl was being brought in by EMS with an out-of-hospital cardiac... Read more.
NSAIDs
Chronic Pain, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Trauma

Topical NSAIDs for Acute Pain Management

I was early in my PGY-1 year when I first witnessed an adverse effect from oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It was a busy morning with long patient... Read more.
Buprenorphine ED initiation algorithm
Addictions, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Most Viewed, Resuscitation, Toxicology

Buprenorphine: A guide for ED providers

The opioid epidemic is not new to ED providers, but many will be shocked to learn about the true extent of the harm caused by opioids in Canada.  In the first half... Read more.
atrial fibrillation
Cardiology, Full Article, Journal Club

Thromboembolic events following cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation and flutter: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wong BM, et al. CJEM. 2021 Jul;23(4):500-511.  Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies to evaluate... Read more.