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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 | 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...
The Kids Are(n’t) Alright: Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Medical Training

The Kids Are(n’t) Alright: Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Medical Training

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...
The Performance Art of Medicine

The Performance Art of Medicine

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...
ED Return Visits: Separating Signal from Noise

ED Return Visits: Separating Signal from Noise

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...
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