by James Linton | Jun 29, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Transesophageal Echocardiography During CPR in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The EXECT-CPR Randomized Clinical Trial. Chu SE, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Mar 23. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0102. Editorial: Can Transesophageal...
by Majid Al-Bahri, Terry Varshney | Jun 25, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Resuscitation
Every emergency physician associates influenza with fever. But occasionally, children with influenza present at the opposite end of the spectrum.n During a single influenza season, CHEO encountered six children with laboratory-confirmed influenza who all presented...
by Sam Wilson, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy | Jun 1, 2026 | Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Personalized Hemodynamic Resuscitation Targeting Capillary Refill Time in Early Septic Shock: The ANDROMEDA-SHOCK-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Hernandez G, ANDROMEDA-SHOCK-2 Investigators for the ANDROMEDA Research Network JAMA. 2025 Oct 29:e2520402. doi:...
by Stephen Hale, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy | May 27, 2026 | Journal Club, Resuscitation
A Randomized Trial of Shared Decision-Making in Code Status Discussions Becker C, et al. NEJM Evid. 2025 May;4(5):EVIDoa2400422. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2400422. Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: This multi-centre cluster-RCT...
by Rebecca Seliga | May 21, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Toxicology
In the ED we are certainly no stranger to seeing alcohol use disorder, its complications, and alcohol withdrawal. Every day in Canada, there are approximately 269 hospitalizations directly attributable to alcohol. This is more than admissions for acute MI. As the...
by Madison Van Dusen, Christian Vaillancourt | May 7, 2026 | Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Deferring Arterial Catheterization in Critically Ill Patients with Shock Muller G, et al. Deferring Arterial Catheterization in Critically Ill Patients with Shock. N Engl J Med. 2025 Nov 13;393(19):1875-1888 Editorial: A Less Invasive Approach to Intensive Care....
by Camille Dagenais | May 7, 2026 | Endocrinology, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
GLP-1 receptor agonists have moved from niche diabetes therapies to some of the most commonly encountered medications in modern clinical practice. Drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide are reshaping the management of obesity and cardiometabolic disease, with millions...
by Camille Dagenais | Apr 23, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Resuscitation, Trauma
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common yet challenging presentation in emergency medicine. As CT imaging becomes increasingly sensitive, clinicians are identifying more subtle intracranial injuries. The Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG) and Modified Brain Injury...
by Caroline Gregory | Apr 16, 2026 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Resuscitation, Thrombosis
Venous thromboembolism, which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is one of the most commonly worked-up diagnoses in the emergency department. Approximately half of all DVTs embolize to the lungs, and the annual incidence of PEs is about 1...
by Mathieu McKinnon | Mar 26, 2026 | Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Blood pressure management in trauma is one of the most deceptively complex decisions we make in the emergency department. In the first hour of resuscitation, competing physiologic priorities collide: permissive hypotension may protect clot integrity in hemorrhagic...
