by Eusang Ahn | Sep 26, 2024 | Commentary, Critical Care, Featured, Neurology, pharmacology, Resuscitation
I wrote this piece because understanding diseases by framing them as high or low levels of dopamine, acetylcholine, glutamate, or GABA has significantly improved my grasp of their pathophysiology and treatment strategies. Too often, medicine is taught as isolated...
by emottawa | Nov 7, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Ventura AMC, et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2292-302 Abstract Link This well designed RCT demonstrated that in fluid refractory pediatric septic shock, dopamine is...
by EMOttawa | Jan 6, 2014 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Biston P, Devriendt J, Madl C, Chochrad D, Aldecoa C, Brasseur A, Defrance P, Gottignies P, Vincent JL; SOAP II Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar...
by EMOttawa | Oct 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Aldecoa C, Njimi H, Vincent JL. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):725-30. Article Link This meta-analysis of 6 trials found that in patients with septic shock, dopamine administration was...
