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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...
Contrast Controversies: Contrast Media Reactions in Emergency Medicine

Contrast Controversies: Contrast Media Reactions in Emergency Medicine

by Isaac Kim | Jul 2, 2026 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Quality Improvement, Radiology

Contrast media agents are among the most commonly administered pharmaceutical compounds worldwide, improving diagnostic accuracy across a wide range of imaging studies and enabling angiographic procedures. In Canada alone, an estimated 2.7 million contrast-enhanced...
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...
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