Geriatric Fall Assessment in the Emergency Department
Journal Club Podcast #18: November 2014 Chris Carpenter, Mike Galante, and I get together to talk about two things we all do eventually: growing old and falling down... Click Tab to Expand Articles:...
View ArticleEpinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Journal Club Podcast #19: January 2015 This month I sat down with EMS physician Dr. Bridgette Svancarek and talk all about epinephrine, and whether it really does any good... Click Tab to Expand...
View ArticleThe Diagnostic Evaluation of Renal Colic
Journal Club Podcast #20: February 2015 Â Dr. Chandra Aubin joins me to talk about the using ultrasound, CT, and sometimes plain old common sense to diagnose those kidney stones... Click Tab to Expand...
View ArticleAlbumin for Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis or Large Volume...
Journal Club Podcast #21: March 2015 A few of the residents join me to discuss the benefits of albumin administration for patients with SBP or those undergoing large volume paracentesis... Click Tab to...
View ArticleRoutine Laboratory Screen in Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Journal Club Podcast #21: April 2015 I contemplate the necessity of routine laboratory testing for psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article...
View ArticleEndovascular Therapies in the Management of Acute Stroke
Journal Club Podcast #23: May 2015 Dr. Peter Panagos, director of neurovascular emergencies at Washington University, joins me to talk about Mr. Clean, Mr. Rescue, ESCAPE, and whole lot of other great...
View ArticleProton Pump Inhibitors in Upper GI Bleeding
Journal Club Podcast #24: August 2015 Ramblings and musings about the benefits of proton pump inhibitors in the management of acute upper GI bleeds... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article 1: Hawkey...
View ArticleIntranasal Midazolam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Journal Club Podcast #25: September 2015Drs. Katie Leonard and Indi Trehan join me from Children's Hospital to talk intranasal drugs and pediatric seizures...Click Tab to ExpandArticles:Article...
View ArticleD-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection
Journal Club Podcast #26: October 2015 Â In which I sit down and discuss the use of D-Dimer to rule-out acute aortic dissection in low-risk patients... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article 1: Asha SE,...
View ArticleBalanced Fluid Resuscitation
Journal Club Podcast #27: November 2015 Evan Shwarz, Louis Jamtgaard and I sit down and chat about fluid selection for large-volume resuscitation... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article 1: Raghunathan...
View ArticleSterile vs. Non-sterile Gloves for Laceration Repair
Journal Club Podcast #28: January 2016 Chris Carpenter and Mike Willman get together to talk about sterile gloves, knowledge translation, and the slippery slope of evidence-based medicine... Click Tab...
View ArticleAge-Adjusted D-Dimer to Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism
Journal Club Podast #29: February 2016 A monologue on the ins and outs of using an age-adjusted D-dimer to rule out pulmonary embolism in patients over 50... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article 1:...
View ArticleKetamine Analgesia for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
Journal Club Podcast #28: April 2016 A brief discussion in the use of ketamine for pain control in the ED, weighing both the evidence and the anecdote... Click Tab to Expand Articles: Article 1:...
View ArticleHigh Sensitivity Troponins
Journal Club Podcast #29: July 2016 A short monologue on the advantages and disadvantages of high sensitivity troponins and a 0/1 hour algorithm to rule-out and rule-in MI... Click Tab to Expand...
View ArticleAnticoagulation of Isolated Calf DVTs
Journal Club Podcast #30: August 2016 A quick review of the literature on anticoagulation in isolated below the knee DVTs, and why we still don't have an answer... Click Tabs Below to Expand Articles:...
View ArticleMedical Expulsive Therapy (Tamsulosin) for Ureteral Colic
Journal Club Podcast #31: September 2016 A brief discussion of the growing literature on the use of tamsulosin (and sometimes nifedipine) in ureteral colic... Click Tabs Below to Expand Articles:...
View ArticleBlood Pressure Management in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Journal Club Podcast #31: October 2016 A short discussion of optimal blood pressure management in ICH, looking at intensive BP control vs. guideline-based control... Click Tabs Below to Expand...
View ArticleRisk of Delayed Traumatic ICH in Patients on Anticoagulation
Journal Club Podcast #35: May 2017 After a brief interlude where I shamelessly self-promote my new novel, I talk about the risks of delayed bleeding in head injury patients on warfarin... Click Tabs...
View ArticleDiagnosis of Atraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Journal Club Podcast #36: June 2017 Dr. Chris Carpenter and Marco Sivilotti bridge the US-Canada border to bring us a new podcast on the diagnostic approach to atraumatic SAH... Click Tabs Below to...
View ArticleControversies in the Diagnosis and Management of Cellulitis
Journal Club Podcast #37: July 2017 A brief discussion of several of the controversies that have popped up in the last few years regarding the diagnosis and management of cellulitis... Click Tabs Below...
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