Archive

Author: Salim Rezaie

The CACTUS Trial: Anticoagulation for Symptomatic Calf Deep Vein Thrombosis?

Background: The optimal management of isolated calf deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is not completely clear, based on the available evidence. The authors of this paper state up to 50% of all lower extremity DVTs are infra-popliteal. Because there is not …

Read More
Hematology and Oncology

The REASON Trial: POCUS in Cardiac Arrest

Background: For many emergency providers, POCUS has become a critical modality in the resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest. The authors of this paper (The REASON Trial) state that <8% of all OHCA’s survive to hospital discharge; a dismal number.  …

Read More
Resuscitation

IV Lidocaine for Renal Colic: Another Opioid Sparing Option?

Background : For anyone who has taken care of a patient with renal colic, the agony they experience is indelible.  I have had several female patients even tell me that the pain is worse than child birth.  Treatment of renal colic …

Read More
Renal and Genitourinary

Should I Stay or Should I Go: Outpatient Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism

Background: The care of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is currently undergoing a paradigm shift in the US with an increasingly large percentage of patients being discharged home from the Emergency Department (ED).  It wasn’t too long ago that all patients diagnosed …

Read More
Hematology and Oncology

Mythbuster: Glucose Levels Must be Below a “Safe” Threshold Before Discharge

Background: Anyone who works in the Emergency Department has seen patients brought in by EMS or sent from the clinic with a chief complaint of “high blood sugar.”  Now, we are not talking about patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, but just …

Read More
Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and Electrolytes

Sponsored