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Orthopedics

Iliopsoas Rupture and Hematoma: A Rare Cause of Inability to Ambulate

6/10/2019 Charles Davis , Zach Hampton, DO
Spontaneous iliopsoas injury, most commonly associated with athletes, is a rare cause of atraumatic hip pain - yet it should remain on your differential when evaluating hip or low back pain among the
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ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: June 2019

6/10/2019 Paige Ostahowski, MD , Mahesh Polavarapu, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD
A 62-year-old female presents with 1 hour of crushing substernal chest pain. What is your interpretation of this EKG?
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Cardiology

STEMI Equivalents: Can't-Miss Patterns

6/9/2019 Daniel Kreider, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD
STEMI equivalents represent coronary occlusion without meeting the traditional STE criteria. It's important to recognize these patterns in a timely fashion.
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Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest

6/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Susannah Empson, MD
Epinephrine is a commonly administered vasopressor in cardiac arrests. Does the evidence support this intervention?
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Closed Chest Compressions in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

5/18/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD
The study authors sought to examine the effect of closed chest compressions on cardiac arrest due to hemorrhagic shock versus whole blood resuscitation.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Bag-Mask Ventilation During Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults

5/17/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO
Does the application of positive pressure ventilation by bag valve mask during tracheal intubation improve outcomes in critically ill patients?
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Early Use of Norepinephrine in Septic Shock Resuscitation (CENSER): A Randomized Trial

5/17/2019 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Sean M. Hickey, MD
The study authors sought to examine if early norepinephrine administration in patients diagnosed with septic shock improved shock control by 6 hours compared with standard care.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation

5/17/2019 Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Sean M. Hickey, MD
This study examines whether immediate coronary angiography in the setting of ROSC without STEMI changes on ECG following out of hospital cardiac arrest confers superiority in 90 day mortality compared
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Crystalloids vs Colloids for Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

5/17/2019 Omid Manoochehri, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD
Surviving Sepsis Guidelines recommend crystalloids for initial fluid resuscitation then switching to albumin when crystalloids are insufficient. There is debate regarding using colloid as an initial r
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EMS

Firefighter Down! Sudden Cardiac Events and Risk Mitigation for Emergency Responders

4/11/2019 Catherine Divingian, MS, MBA, PhD
The top cause of line-of-duty deaths among firefighters is not trauma, burns, or asphyxiation from smoke. It is sudden cardiac events. EMS directors can have a profound impact on the health and longev