Archive

Author: Salim Rezaie

Any Benefit to Adjunct Prednisone Therapy in Community Acquired Pneumonia?

Background: Respiratory tract infections and pneumonia are the 3rd leading cause of death worldwide.  Although morbidity and mortality has improved slightly with the advent of antibiotics, there is still a significant long-term morbidity and mortality associated with this disorder.  It ...

Read More
Infectious Disease

REBEL Cast Episode 5: RSI Meds via IO & CPR During Charging in OHCA

Welcome to the February 2015 REBELCast, where Swami, Matt, and I are going to tackle two critical care topics that come up frequently in clinical practice in both the pre-hospital setting as well as the emergency department.  Today we are ...

Read More
CardiovascularResuscitation

The PROPPR Randomized Clinical Trial

In the United States, trauma is the leading cause of death among patients between the ages of 1 and 44 years of age and the third leading cause of death overall. Approximately 20 to 40% of trauma deaths occur after ...

Read More
ResuscitationTrauma

REBEL Cast Episode 4: Cephalosporin Abx in Patients with Penicillin Allergy

Welcome to the January 2015 REBELCast, where Swami and I are going to tackle a very important scenario that comes up in the daily practice of not only Emergency Medicine, but also in Medicine.  Today we are going to specifically ...

Read More
Allergy and ImmunologyInfectious Disease

REBEL Cast Episode 3: NIPPV in Pre-Hospital Respiratory Distress & Dalbavancin for Skin Infections

Welcome to the September REBELCast 2014, where Matt, Swami, and I are going to tackle a couple more scenarios to help your clinical practice.  Today, we are going to specifically tackle two different topics: Topic #1: The use of Non-Invasive ...

Read More
Infectious DiseaseResuscitation

Sponsored