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When the Gut Don’t Flow: PoCUS for SBO

When the Gut Don’t Flow: PoCUS for SBO

by Thariq Badiudeen | Jul 23, 2026 | Featured, Surgery, Ultrasound

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common ED presentation, and these patients are often in significant pain with persistent nausea and vomiting. While CT remains the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis, identify the transition point, detect complications such as...
Pour Some Colour On Me: A Guide to PoCUS Valve Assessment

Pour Some Colour On Me: A Guide to PoCUS Valve Assessment

by Thariq Badiudeen | 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....
A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

by Benjamin Viner, Christian Vaillancourt | Jul 6, 2026 | Featured, Journal Club, Neurology

A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Ryan SJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2026 Jan 29;394(5):442-450. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2508515.   Editorial:  Seeing It Through – Lessons from a Retinal Stroke Trial. Schrag M, et al. N Engl J...
TEE During CPR in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The EXECT-CPR Trial

TEE During CPR in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The EXECT-CPR Trial

by James Linton | Jun 29, 2026 | Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Resuscitation

Transesophageal Echocardiography During CPR in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The EXECT-CPR Randomized Clinical Trial. Chu SE, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Mar 23. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0102.    Editorial:  Can Transesophageal...
Cold Kids, Hot Virus: Six Cases of Hypothermia in Pediatric Influenza

Cold Kids, Hot Virus: Six Cases of Hypothermia in Pediatric Influenza

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...
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