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Surviving Sepsis: The 2021 Review

Surviving Sepsis: The 2021 Review

by Doran Drew, Amanda Mattice | Jun 23, 2022 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Resuscitation

A review of some of the most relevant elements of the 2021 surviving sepsis campaign for the emergency physician. Definitions Our operative definition of sepsis & septic shock are the sepsis-3 definitions [1]. Sepsis: “Sepsis is a life threatening organ...
Point-of-Care Ultrasound diagnosis of Endocarditis

Point-of-Care Ultrasound diagnosis of Endocarditis

by Darren Wong, Michael Woo, Brandi Read | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Ultrasound

A healthy patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) where you are working one night. He complains of a four-day history of progressively worsening fatigue, constant and diffuse headache, neck stiffness, fever, chills and night sweats. There was no associated...
Interstitial Lung Disease in the ED: “I think I’ve got the Black Lung Pop”

Interstitial Lung Disease in the ED: “I think I’ve got the Black Lung Pop”

by Matthew Lipinski, Richard Hoang | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured

In this post, we cover the often seen, but poorly understood entity of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). We will focus our discussion on the key features and approaches that the front-line provider needs to know to feel confident managing the newly diagnosed ILD...
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