by Majid Al-Bahri, Terry Varshney | Jun 25, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Resuscitation
Every emergency physician associates influenza with fever. But occasionally, children with influenza present at the opposite end of the spectrum.n During a single influenza season, CHEO encountered six children with laboratory-confirmed influenza who all presented...
by Kaitlin Endres | Jun 18, 2026 | Commentary, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education
“It feels like they’re just mostly just trying to make me comfortable with being uncomfortable” My now-husband was always a year ahead of me in training. He was a first-year medical student before I was, a clerk before I was, and every year I would ask him the...
by Isaac Kim, Christian Vaillancourt | Jun 17, 2026 | Featured, Journal Club
Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Deep Vein Thrombosis. Le Gal G, et al. JAMA. 2026 Feb 3;335(5):416-424. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.21561. Editorial: Like a Fine Wine—Aging the D-Dimer to Improve Value and Clinical Efficiency. Ujueta F, et...
by Maria Berliant | Jun 11, 2026 | Commentary, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
“Medicine is not only a science, it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters, it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.”- Paracelsus We often hear about the art of medicine...
by Simranjeet Singh | Jun 4, 2026 | Grand Round Summaries, Quality Improvement
There are few phrases in emergency medicine that generate as much discomfort as hearing, “Remember that patient you saw yesterday? They’re back.” Most of us immediately retrace the encounter in our minds, wondering whether something was missed or...
