by Darren Wong | Feb 23, 2023 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
I read around pacemakers SO often throughout my residency, but it was a topic that I found was often a struggle to absorb. So, here we’re going to tackle what the ED Physician should know about managing patients with pacemaker and ICDs: Pacemaker Basics...
by Jessica Tat | Feb 16, 2023 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, psychiatry, Resuscitation
The Emergency Department is no stranger to the acutely agitated patient. Agitation remains a broad and multifactorial syndrome with a high potential for significant morbidity or mortality if not recognized and managed appropriately. This can be tricky at times when...
by Ceilidh Kinlin | Feb 9, 2023 | cheo, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Pediatric Care, Pediatrics
You have just seen an 10 month old previously healthy well-appearing female with 2 day history of fever (Tmax 39.5). No focus of infection is obvious on history of examination. Vitals are normal when ibuprofen is on board. She is completely unimmunized. What is your...
by Emma Ferguson, Courtney Price | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology
While most strokes we see are ischemic in nature, 10% of stroke presentations are intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) 1. However, unlike ischemic strokes that have clear and evolving pathways for treatments, novel treatments for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages...
by Cameron Leafloor, Courtney Price, Sam Wilson | Oct 13, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries
How many times on shift do you see a patient that is on an anticoagulant or antiplatelet agent? The answer is probably almost always. The use of these agents and their complications are extremely common. And in particular cases, such intra-cerebral hemorrhage...
