Browsing: December 2019

Clinical

Critical Care Alert: Medications for Status Epilepticus - The ESETT Trial

12/23/2019 Melissa Villars, MD, MPH , Sean M. Hickey, MD

Sometimes a clinical trial shows no statistical differences yet can help to illuminate best practices. Count the ESETT Trial as one of them.

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Targeted Temperature Management for Cardiac Arrest with Non-shockable Rhythm - The HYPERION Trial

12/19/2019 Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Sean M. Hickey, MD

Moderate therapeutic hypothermia could be another tool in treating cardiac arrest patients. But how much should a patient be cooled? The HYPERION Trial doesn't resolve that debate.

Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Shawn London, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at the University of Connecticut

12/18/2019 Samuel Southgate, MD, MA

Program Director Interview Series: Shawn London, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at the University of Connecticut Samuel Southgate, MSIV, University of Connecticut School of Medic

Career Planning , Job Search

Beyond the Comfort Zone

12/16/2019 Matthew Trifan, MD

Residency is almost over. Where to go next? Contemplate along with Dr. Matthew Trifan.

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Health Policy , Advocacy

Making Sense of Graduate Medical Education Funding

12/16/2019 Christopher Clifford, MD , Ashley Tarchione, MD

The crux of this article: Actively advocating for GME funding is the responsibility of all physicians, regardless of where they are in training, so the future of health care and safety of patients is

Hotspotting: Rethinking Health Care Delivery

12/16/2019 Joe Gannett, MD

What is hotspotting, and why should you care? It's a critical concept in the ED arena and may help care for the most vulnerable of patients.

Who Art Thou? Neck Swelling!

12/16/2019 Yagnaram Ravichandran, MBBS, MD, FAAP , Chelsey Yurkovich, DO , Stephanie Do, DO

Hark! Get ready to investigate the details of this case of a 14-year-old who presented with a 3-week history of right neck swelling and pain.

Sports Medicine , Toxicology

Performance Enhancing Drugs - A Review of Non-Steroidal Drugs of Abuse

12/16/2019 Kyle Casadei, DO , Sophia Sheikh, MD, FACEP , MAJ John Kiel, DO, MPH, CAQ-SM

Go beyond the classically considered androgenic hormones. This review describes some of the non-steroidal PEDs of abuse that may present to the emergency department setting and potential challenges in

Infectious Disease

A Bump in Mumps: Is Your MMR Knowledge Updated?

12/16/2019 Ryan O'Halloran, MD, MS

The recent rise in the number of people declining vaccinations is leading to a correlating rise in the cases of preventable diseases such as measles and mumps.