by Pascale King, Doran Drew | Mar 19, 2020 | Featured, Most Viewed
What is Bupropion? Bupropion is an anti-depressant commonly prescribed for seasonal affective disorder, as a smoking cessation aid, and off-label in the management of major depressive disorder. You may know it by the trade names Wellbutrin, Zyban or Champix. While...
by Bo Zheng, Alex Coutin | Jan 16, 2020 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
What is pulseless electric activity (PEA)? Pulseless electrical activity is diagnosed based on a patient having an organized, non-shockable rhythm and no palpable pulse. However, PEA is not always a cardiac arrest state. In many cases, patients with PEA have...
by Erica Lee | Dec 5, 2019 | Geriatrics
An 84-year-old male presented to the ED after a fall. The patient is confused but he talks about the fire truck ride with the “lights”. He knows the city and the month, but doesn’t know why he’s here. On exam, he has long hair, a full beard, sunken cheeks, and...
by Erica Lee, Kate O'Connell | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
During your medical training, how many times did someone watch you talk to a real patient? What about explaining their diagnosis? Or how to take their medications? Have you had a conversation with a patient and felt that you weren’t “speaking the same language”? Good...
by Adam Parks, Kate O'Connell, Richard Hoang | Oct 24, 2019 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
Here we seek to provide a guide on when to consider awake intubation in the Emergency Department (ED), with an approach to the procedure! The Difficult Airway When assessing patients who may require any form of airway intervention, we should be assessing for two main...
