by Mathieu McKinnon | Mar 26, 2026 | Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
Blood pressure management in trauma is one of the most deceptively complex decisions we make in the emergency department. In the first hour of resuscitation, competing physiologic priorities collide: permissive hypotension may protect clot integrity in hemorrhagic...
by Amanda Mattice | Mar 25, 2026 | Anesthesiology, emergency, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club, Trauma
In this month’s Journal Club, we explored the impact of post-intubation hypotension for critically ill trauma patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the prehospital setting. Background and Study Objectives Trauma patients present with a variety of...
by Lucy Karp | Mar 19, 2026 | Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Most Viewed, Ophthalmology, Rheumatology
There seems to be a growing cultural obsession with “inflammation”. Scroll through social media long enough and you’ll find sweeping claims: inflammation is the root of fatigue, weight gain, menstrual cramps, brain fog, and even depression. And alongside this...
by Anchaleena Mandal, Christian Vaillancourt | Mar 5, 2026 | Featured
Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Stiell IG, et al. BMJ. 2025 Nov 11;391:e085632. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085632. Question and Methods: This is a multi-center, open-label, patient randomised trial comparing the effectiveness and safety of cardioversion with...
by Amanda Mattice | Mar 4, 2026 | Airway, emergency, Featured, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Procedural care, PTM Journal Club, Quality Improvement
In this month’s Journal Club, we explored the highly debated topic of video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy and its application in the prehospital setting. Background There exists a breadth of research which compares video laryngoscopy (VL) to direct...
