by Alex Viau | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Urology
Acute scrotal pain is a common in emergency departments, comprising ~ 0.5% of all presentations. However, torsion is another very time sensitive diagnosis that is ubiquitous across all ages as seen by this Rosen’s table. Incidence / Epidemiology Unfortunately,...
by Alex Viau | Jul 20, 2023 | Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Urology
As per the 2021 updated guidelines for the management of priapism by Ericson et al, priapism is defined as a penile erection that lasts longer than 4 hours after completion of sexual activity or that is unrelated to sexual activity. The European Association of Urology...
by Shahbaz Syed | Jul 13, 2023 | Featured
Five years ago, as a relatively new staff physician, I had written a letter to my younger-self, as to subscribe some wisdom to the to what I wish I had known heading into residency. Five years later, I’ve realized that early staff transition phase had a lot of...
by Pascale King | Jun 29, 2023 | Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Patients with heart failure are often newly diagnosed in the Emergency Department, or are the presenting location for those with decompensated heart failure. This is why it is important for ER Physicians to remain updated on the latest AHA/ACC/HFSA guidelines for the...
by Hailey Newton, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | Jun 19, 2023 | Featured, Journal Club, Thrombosis, Trauma
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Bouzat P, et al. JAMA. 2023 Mar 21:e234080. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.4080. Question and Methods: This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled superiority trial aimed to assess whether 4F-PCC decreases 24hr blood product...
