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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the ED- What a Headache!

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the ED- What a Headache!

by Michael Hale, Kate O'Connell | Nov 5, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurosurgery, Radiology

  The diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) carries with it remarkable morbidity and mortality. Case fatality rates approach 50% 1,2 Of those who survive, half will experience chronic disability and a significant reduction in health-related quality of...
“I’d like to work on my flow today”

“I’d like to work on my flow today”

by Shahbaz Syed | Oct 29, 2020 | Commentary, Featured

You’re starting your shift, and you’re only moderately caffeinated. You meet your resident and they tell you that their goal for the shift is to “work on flow”. You think, cool – let’s see how many patients they see today. At least,...
Aortic Dissection – A Needle in a Haystack

Aortic Dissection – A Needle in a Haystack

by Simon Wells, Pascale King | Oct 22, 2020 | Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries

A 65-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with sudden-onset severe chest pain. The pain was sharp, lasted 30 minutes, and has now resolved. His vitals and ECG are normal, and his high-sensitivity troponin testing is negative. He has a normal...
Vector-Borne Illness P2: the Chikun or Zika?

Vector-Borne Illness P2: the Chikun or Zika?

by Jessica McCallum, Alex Coutin | Oct 15, 2020 | Featured, Global health, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Public health, Tropical Medicine

In part one of this two-part series, we took a bite out of Lyme disease and Malaria (see what we did there?). In this part, we’ll be covering African tick-bite fever, African sleeping sickness, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika. Fever in the returning traveler is...
Vector-Borne Illness: Lyme disease and Malaria

Vector-Borne Illness: Lyme disease and Malaria

by Jessica McCallum, Alex Coutin | Sep 24, 2020 | Featured, Global health, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Public health, Tropical Medicine

In part one of a two-part series on vector-borne illnesses, we seek to take a deep dive into Lyme disease and Malaria. For more on the other vector-borne illnesses, check out part two!   The only helpful way to distinguish between all these illnesses is the...
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