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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , COVID-19

Critical Care Alert: Lower or Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (The HOT-ICU Trial)

3/22/2021 Nicholas Huth , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Brian Sumner, MD
The ideal oxygenation goal in patients with acute respiratory failure in the ICU remains unclear. The HOT ICU trial seeks to provide insight.
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Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: Todd Berger, MD | EM Residency Program Director at Dell Medical School - The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

3/19/2021 Lenexa Morais
For this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we chatted with Dr. Todd Berger to learn about the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Emergency Medicine Resid
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , COVID-19

Critical Care Alert: Interleukin-6 Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19

3/18/2021 Oswald Reid, Jr., MD , Brian Sumner, MD
While much is still left to be known about COVID-19, research has supported the theory that an excessive host inflammatory response is responsible for much of the morbidity and mortality seen by the d
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , COVID-19

Critical Care Alert: Tocilizumab in Patients Admitted to Hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY)

3/18/2021 Taylor Miller, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
Originally designed for use in rheumatoid arthritis, tocilizumab is being considered as a potential therapeutic agent to treat COVID-19.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Sepsis

Critical Care Alert: Effect of Vitamin C, Thiamine and Hydrocortisone on Ventilator- and Vasopressor-Free Days in patients with sepsis - The VICTAS Randomized Clinical Trial

3/15/2021 Brian Sumner, MD
Does treatment with vitamin C, thiamine, and hydrocortisone lead to an increase in the number of days alive and free of mechanical ventilation and vasopressor use? The latest EMRA Critical Care Alert
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Patient Visits Plummet During Pandemic

3/6/2021 Clinton Lam , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
A recent study investigated COVID-19's impact on hospital visits. Patient volume plummeted - disproportionately affecting populations that already struggle with systemic inequities in healthcare.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Cardiology , Sepsis

Critical Care Alerts: Effect of Ultra-Short-Acting Beta-blockers on Mortality in Patients with Persistent Tachycardia Despite Initial Fluid Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

3/3/2021 Nicholas Huth , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Brian Sumner, MD
The latest EMRA Critical Care Alert examines a study that questions whether ultra-short-acting beta-blockers, such as esmolol and landiolol, reduced 28-day mortality in septic patients with persistent
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Program Director Interviews , Match

Program Director Interview Series: Sarah Dubbs, MD | EM Residency Program Director at University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency, Baltimore, MD

2/24/2021 Alexa Van Besien, MD
In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series we got to chat with Dr. Sarah Dubbs to learn about training at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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Health Policy , Pain Management , Social EM

Policy Shift in the Opioid Epidemic: An Update on the X-Waiver

2/8/2021 Alexander Schin , Halla Bates
After many in emergency medicine celebrated a recent decision to end the X-waiver requirement and clear the way for easier medication-assisted treatment in the emergency department, the waiver of the
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Shock

Critical Care Alert: 2 Studies Shed Light on Efficacy, Effects of Peripheral IVs for Vasopressors

2/8/2021 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Brian Sumner, MD
Two recent papers offer insight into the use of peripheral IVs to administer vasopressors. Will these studies change your practice for critically ill patients in the emergency department?