by Nate Murray, Mathieu McKinnon | Apr 4, 2024 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Surgery, Thrombosis, Trauma, Ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is becoming a cornerstone tool in our assessment of patient presentations and is helping us guide our clinical management. This is also represented in the amount of literature that has been published on the use of PoCUS in 2023. In...
by Alex Coutin, Hans Rosenberg, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy | Jul 17, 2023 | Featured, Full Article, Journal Club, Thrombosis
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 1/5 Lim P, et al. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2022 Jan 12;11(1):2-9. Question and Methods: Does diuresis with single-dose IV furosemide improve hemodynamic parameters and prevent oligo-anuria in normotensive patients with...
by Alie Wudwud | Mar 30, 2023 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Resuscitation
Right here, Right now! Pumping up our Knowledge on Right Ventricular Failure and Acute Pulmonary Embolism The treatment of patients with right ventricular failure from pulmonary embolism follows some key principles that differ from our typical...
by Rebecca Seliga, Alex Coutin, Michael Kruse | Jun 29, 2022 | Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Thrombosis
You are working an urgent care shift and you access your ED electronic track-board to pick up the next patient waiting to be seen: You assign yourself to patient Smith, and notice a helpful comment from your triage nurse stating the patient’s name is Angela. You...
by Renee Bradley, Lucy Karp | Apr 7, 2022 | Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed, Surgery
As emergency physicians, we frequently see patient with metabolic syndromes and obesity. Globally, a significant rise in obesity has been observed over the last 30 years, including a dramatic rise in Canada28,32. From 1985 to 2016, obesity increased by more than 300%...