by Hashim Kareemi | Apr 29, 2021 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
In Part 1 of our 2-series on Elevated ICP in the ED, Dr. Hashim Kareemi described the pathophysiology of elevated ICP and compared the options for diagnosis. Click here to review Part 1. In this Part 2 post, Dr. Kareemi takes us through a phased approach to managing...
by Hashim Kareemi | Apr 22, 2021 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
This comprehensive, 2-part blog post by Dr. Hashim Kareemi reviews the current literature and guidelines on elevated ICP in the emergeny department. Part 1 reviews the pathophysiology and detrimental effects of sustained elevated ICP, and provides an excellent...
by Maeghan Fu | Mar 11, 2021 | Grand Round Summaries, Hematology, Neurosurgery, Resuscitation, Trauma
Tick. Tock. It’s time for a TXA update. This blog post aims to arm you with the most up-to-date knowledge for the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) in the ED. We will review TXA in the context of gastrointestinal bleeding, traumatic brain injuries, hemoptysis,...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 22, 2021 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Yannopoulos D, et al. Lancet. 2020 Dec 5;396(10265):1807-1816. Question and Methods: The ARREST trial was a phase 2, single centre, open-label, RCT comparing early ECMO facilitated resuscitation to ED-based standard ACLS care for...
by Lindsay Cheskes | Jan 7, 2021 | All Posts, COVID-19, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Resuscitation
In situ simulation, informally thought of as “crash testing the dummy”, is defined as a team-based training technique conducted within the actual patient care environment, involving members of the healthcare team using equipment and resources from the...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 14, 2020 | Full Article, Gastroenterology, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Lau JYW, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 2;382(14):1299-1308. Question and Methods: Single centre RCT comparing whether urgent (<6h) endoscopy improved outcomes compared to early endoscopy (6-24h) in patients presenting with...
by Shahbaz Syed | Dec 10, 2020 | Airway, COVID-19, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infographics, Resuscitation, Trauma
I think we’re all pretty much ready for the end of 2020, what a year it has been. It seems fitting that our most viewed article here at EMOttawa this year was on the management of hemorrhoids. Taking a walk down memory lane, we present our 10 most popular posts...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 16, 2020 | Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation, Thrombosis, Trauma
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Baksaas-Aasen K, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Oct 13. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06266-1. Question and Methods: Pragmatic, European, multi-center RCT comparing outcomes in trauma patients who received empiric massive transfusion...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 2, 2020 | Anesthesiology, Full Article, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Turner JS, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e209278. Question and Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating if checklist use during endotracheal intubation leads to improved patient outcomes. Findings: The authors...
by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 6, 2020 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Journal Club, Radiology, Resuscitation, Ultrasound
Methodology: 2.5/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Daley JI, et al. Acad Emerg Med 26 (11), 1211-1220 Nov 2019 Questions and methods: In patients with abnormal vital signs, what is the sensitivity of FOCUS for the diagnosis of PE? Prospective, multicenter, observational...