Author: Tucker Matthews Lit Review: OHCA Resuscitation Termination I’ve started thinking more about calling codes. It’s always been odd to me how lacking we are in concrete rules to help…
Author: Tucker Mathews, MD Edition 4: Airways, airways, airways! Paper 1: Mohr NM, Santos Leon E, Carlson JN, Driver B, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, Ten Eyck P, Mower WR, Foley…
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD Edition 3: We’re back to look at more new airway papers! Paper 1: Cm A, Rao SS, K R, R V, Kn V, T S D.…
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD It’s time for edition 2! I never really gave much of a background for this, but my goal is stay up to date on the airway…
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD Paper 1: Singh N, Sawyer T, Johnston LC, et al. Impact of multiple intubation attempts on adverse tracheal intubation associated events in neonates: a report from…
Image: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogerwolsey/2019/10/oh-my-g-od/omg-funny-baby-face-picture/ In this post, I will cover some of the basics regarding breech deliveries. This topic may cause tachycardia in many resident physicians (including myself) so let’s try and…
Author: Dr. Ashley Penington Article: “A randomized controlled trial of ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease” Wiesenfeld and colleagues (2019) Background:…
Author: Dr. Tucker Matthews We see a whole lot of flank pain in the ED, and more and more, we go for non-contrast CT scans (19% of acute flank pain…
Author: Dr. Eric Moyer Background: It is often difficult to interpret high-sensitivity cardiac troponin values in patients with renal impairment given the reduced clearance by the kidneys. This study attempts…
Author: Dr. Hans Murcia Background: Early repolarization, also known as J-point elevation, may present with ST segment elevations similar to STEMI on ECG. Given the risks and expense of activating…