by Chirag Bhat, Samara Adler | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries
Patients with cirrhosis are complex, with a plethora of comorbidities. They often present to emergency departments (ED) very sick, and there are many complications that emergency physicians need to know about. In this post, we’re going to focus on Spontaneous...
by Eusang Ahn, Samara Adler | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Physician Wellness
Last week’s post examined one of the most important elements to success for shiftworkers — SLEEP. Studies have shown that catching zzz’s is a cornerstone of maintaining good health as well as patient and personal safety. This time, we’ll chat about...
by Eusang Ahn, Samara Adler, Josee Malette | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Physician Wellness
Sleep and food are truly amongst the most basic of needs – in fact, they’re on the same level as breathing (and excretion!) on Maslow’s pyramid of needs. Even the CanMEDS framework of the Royal College states that as a Professional, physicians must be able to manage...
by Garrick Mok, Samara Adler, Josee Malette | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries
As part of a Quality Improvement initiative you are tasked with improving ED length of stay for patients presenting with ankle pain. You remember learning about the Ottawa Ankle Rules to help screen which patients require ankle x-rays. How will you implement that...
