by Thariq Badiudeen, Rajiv Thavanathan | Jul 16, 2026 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Ultrasound
Valvular heart disease is everywhere in emergency medicine, but it is sneaky. We see the older patient with recurrent dyspnea whose chest radiograph is unremarkable and BNP is only mildly elevated. We see the patient in shock whose physiology never quite fits sepsis....
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 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...
by Stephen Hale, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy | May 27, 2026 | Journal Club, Resuscitation
A Randomized Trial of Shared Decision-Making in Code Status Discussions Becker C, et al. NEJM Evid. 2025 May;4(5):EVIDoa2400422. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2400422. Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: This multi-centre cluster-RCT...
