by Hashim Kareemi, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | Dec 20, 2022 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 (Emergency) 4/5 (Internal medicine) Mullens W, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 29;387(13):1185-1195. Editorial: New Decongestion Strategies in an Evolving Heart Failure Landscape. Question...
by Matthew Lipinski, Richard Hoang | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured
In this post, we cover the often seen, but poorly understood entity of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). We will focus our discussion on the key features and approaches that the front-line provider needs to know to feel confident managing the newly diagnosed ILD...
by emottawa | Apr 3, 2017 | Ultrasound
Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) is a valuable tool in the diagnostic armamentarium of the emergency physician. We have been successfully using it to the place lines, diagnose AAAs and assess the cardiac function of our dyspnea patients for awhile...
by emottawa | Oct 14, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Felker GM, et al. NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):797-805 Article Link This double-blind double-dummy RCT (N=308) found that there was no difference in the patient...
