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Unexpected Souvenirs: The Latest in Fever in the Returning Traveller

Unexpected Souvenirs: The Latest in Fever in the Returning Traveller

by Jessica Tat | Jul 31, 2025 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Resuscitation, Tropical Medicine

Global travel has surged back in full force following the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it an important clinical consideration for emergency physicians—evaluating febrile patients with recent travel history. Despite the growing need, many emergency clinicians still...
Law and Order: Navigating Medicolegal risk in Emergency Medicine Part 2

Law and Order: Navigating Medicolegal risk in Emergency Medicine Part 2

by Max Zworth | Apr 24, 2025 | Commentary, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Physician Wellness

In part 1 of this 2-part series on medicolegal risk in Emergency Medicine, we looked at two legal cases, with a primary focus on civil litigation and college complaints. In this section, we focus on risk assessment, documentation, and advice from lawyers and CMPA...
Snooze Control: Procedural Sedation 101

Snooze Control: Procedural Sedation 101

by Shane Baistrocchi | Feb 13, 2025 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

Procedural sedation (PS) is a cornerstone of Emergency Medicine, frequently employed in the Emergency Department (ED) to facilitate painful or anxiety-provoking procedures while ensuring patient comfort. The goal is to achieve optimal sedation while allowing for rapid...
Blurred Lines: The Ethical Pitfalls of Urine Drug Screens

Blurred Lines: The Ethical Pitfalls of Urine Drug Screens

by Shahbaz Syed | Nov 14, 2024 | Commentary, Featured, Toxicology

Urine drug (or toxicologic) screens are a fairly standard tool used in addictions, psychiatry and the Emergency Department (ED), often employed to detect substance use in patients presenting with altered mental status, trauma, psychiatric or abnormal behaviour. Yet,...
Delirium revisited

Delirium revisited

by Simranjeet Singh | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured, Geriatrics, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Recently Featured

Delirium is a medical emergency. It is characterized by acute disturbance of consciousness, with changes in perceptual disturbances and fluctuation of symptoms. Delirium is often the initial manifestation of an underlying acute illness and can be present before fever,...
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