Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , COVID-19

Critical Care Alert: Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-analysis

9/21/2020 Brian Sumner, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD

With no clear consensus on the use of steroids in critically ill sepsis patients, a recent meta-analysis studies the 28-day mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients when corticosteroids are admin

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Effect of Ascorbic Acid, Corticosteroids, and Thiamine on Organ Injury in Septic Shock - The ACTS Randomized Clinical Trial

9/3/2020 Brian Sumner, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD

This study sheds more light on how the administration of ascorbic acid, corticosteroids, and thiamine might affect the rates of organ injury in patients suffering septic shock. The takeaway? It's not

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Etomidate Use Is Associated with Less Hypotension Than Ketamine for Emergency Department Sepsis Intubations: A NEAR Cohort Study

8/26/2020 Brian Sumner, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD

Intubating the critically ill septic patient is a high-risk procedure. We examine an observational study that reported higher levels of procedural hypotension with the use of ketamine when compared to

COVID-19 , Heart of EM

What Prickled Today?

8/18/2020 Smruti Desai, DO, MPH

They may have had full lives with love and care and food and jokes before the coronavirus laid claim to them. And though we cannot offer a cure, we offer all we can. Even when it's simply the comfort

COVID-19 , Heart of EM

Please Don't Take Your Mask Off

8/18/2020 Nicole Anthony, MD

I know you hate the oxygen mask. Do you know how much I wish you didn't need it?

COVID-19 , Social EM

How Social Distancing Can Endanger Our Patients: Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

8/18/2020 Alexa Van Besien, MD , Lorena Rodriguez Perez , Shana Zucker , David Wilson , Kathleen Y. Ogle, MD

Reports of Intimate Partner Violence have significantly increased since mandated stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this setting, how can you be attuned to patients at ris

COVID-19 , Health Policy

COVID-19: Public Policy and Impact on Health Care

8/18/2020 Logan Ramsey, MD , Valerie Pierre, MD , Clifford Marks, MD, MBA

The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare our health care system's vulnerabilities and lack of preparedness. It is imperative that we examine more closely the steps we have taken thus far, and what we ha

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: August-September 2020

8/17/2020 Brett Jennings, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 57-year-old male presents with AMS. He is minimally responsive and there is no additional history available. His initial heart rate was 25 with a blood pressure of 80/30. What is your interpretation

Toxicology , Pulmonary , Pediatric EM

Dank Vapes: A Tale of a Pediatric E-cigarette Vaping Associated Lung Injury

8/17/2020 Kellan Etter , Brian Kelley , Scott Sutton, MD

Lung injuries associated with electronic cigarettes (aka vaping) are on the rise, especially among teens. With a higher risk of addiction and weaker regulations, vaping can be cause for concern.

Visual Diagnosis

8/17/2020 Frances Rusnack, DO, MS

Can you diagnose this patient's condition based on the rash?

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