by Maria Doubova, Lucy Karp | Apr 28, 2022 | Cardiology, COVID-19, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to the emergency department (ED) and includes a wide differential diagnosis. In today’s post, we will review a less common cause of chest pain seen in the ED: pericarditis and myocarditis. We will also review...
by Graham Mazereeuw, Hans Rosenberg | Apr 25, 2022 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Soares WE 3rd, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;78(2):231-241. Questions and Methods: This study compared agreement in HEART scores derived by ED physicians and those derived by researchers using a prospective cohort study of adults with...
by Pascale King, Amanda Mattice | Apr 14, 2022 | Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is encountered with significant frequency in the Emergency Department (ED). In fact, atrial fibrillation is the single most common arrhythmia seen in the ED. As per the 2020 CCS review, AF resulted in 8815 same-day procedures, 76 964 ED...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 13, 2021 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, landmark, Resuscitation
Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 5/5 Dankiewicz J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2283-2294. Question and Methods: Open-label multicentre randomized controlled trial to determine whether targeted hypothermia reduces mortality compared to targeted normothermia in...
by Kate O'Connell, Hans Rosenberg | Dec 6, 2021 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club
Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Mathew R, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 5;385(6):516-525. Question and Methods: The authors performed a double-blinded RCT to determine if milrinone was superior to dobutamine for the treatment of cardiogenic shock in the ICU. ...
