Reading Time: 3 minutes Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening condition with increased morbidity if the condition is not recognized early and management is not initiated promptly. In this post, a brief review of adrenal insufficiency is provided with emphasis on early resuscitation and specific treatments.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Many patients present to the Emergency Department with hypertension. How do clinicians differentiate between those patients who will benefit from an urgent reduction of blood pressure and those who can be safely discharged home?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes End-tidal CO2 is a very useful tool when caring for cardiac arrest patients. Many clinicians use it to determine the prognosis of patients who are in PEA. But is one number enough? Does the change of end-tidal CO2 provide a more accurate assessment of the futility of the resuscitation efforts?
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The much anticipated TTM2 trial was finally released last week! Here’s our breakdown of this study.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Intravenous vitamin K can be given for warfarin reversal, although the exact dose may depend on the clinical scenario.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Is there a role for propofol in the management of ventricular storm? Like with most things in Medicine, focus on the big picture.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes In this first multi-post series, we will discuss the prehospital evaluation and management of trauma patients with rib fractures.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Neurogenic Shock can have confusing presentations. Learn how to recognize and treat it from Mohamed Hagahmed in this post.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The post discusses the assessment and management of trauma patients with unstable pelvic fractures.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes This post discusses the utility and safety of push dose pressors in the critical care setting. It is accompanied by a visual summary of the preparation steps of the two most commonly administered push dose pressors in the Emergency Department.