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 Graham Wilson, Josee Malette | Jun 16, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease
How many times a shift do you consider a urinary tract infection? As Emergency physicians, you make and/or consider urinary tract infection (UTI) multiple times per shift.1 Actually, up to 5% of ED visits are related to genitourinary complaints.2-4 From simple...
by Kathleen O'Connell | Apr 21, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Public health
The role of the emergency department pelvic exam has come under debate for some time. Clinicians have raised concerns regarding whether or not it changes management, whether or not our findings are reliable, and of course the logistic barriers regarding space, time...
by Darren Wong, Hans Rosenberg | Oct 25, 2021 | Full Article, Infectious Disease, Journal Club
Methodology: 1/5 Usefulness: 1/5 von Dach E, et al. JAMA. 2020 Jun 2;323(21):2160-2169. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6348. Question and Methods: In a multi-center, noninferiority, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial, the authors compared the rates of...
by Hans Rosenberg | Sep 27, 2021 | Journal Club, Respirology
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Dobler CC, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Mar 17;172(6):413-422. Questions & Methods: Systematic review of 68 English language RCTs of outpatient/non ICU inpatients with COPDE comparing pharmacologic therapy with placebo/...
