Critical Care
News
The Most Misinterpreted Study in Medicine: Don’t be TRICCed
Misunderstood TRICC trial enrolled critical anemic patients stable after fluid resuscitation and not actively bleeding.
News
How Drones Are Reducing Emergency Response Times
Drones may allow for faster delivery of life-saving equipment before first responders arrive.
News
Which Emergencies Are Genuine Emergencies?
Four out of 10 cases require an ER; Doctor tackles emergency medicine usage for care more appropriate for patients’ PCP.
Perspectives
A Military Nurse Saves a Life After a Brutal Rollover Crash
After watching a woman being ejected from her car then run over by a trailer, a nurse stabilizes her for transport to the hospital.
Opinion
Revisiting the role of hydrocortisone, fludrocortisone in septic shock
Two decades after choosing not to treat septic shock with hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone, the author describes why he is reconsidering.
News
Paxlovid tied to benefits in high-risk patients with COVID
No significant benefit was observed in patients who were not immunocompromised.
News
AHA updates CPR guidelines on cardiac arrest after poisoning
The update reflects treatment advances and new knowledge, including the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for...
News
Study of hospitalizations in Canada quantifies benefit of COVID-19 vaccine to reduce death, ICU admissions
Unvaccinated patients were found to be up to 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated patients.
News
COVID vs. flu: Which is deadlier?
People who were hospitalized with Omicron COVID-19 infections were 54% more likely to die, compared with people who were hospitalized with the flu...
Commentary
A new (old) drug joins the COVID fray, and guess what? It works
Part of the reason the monoclonals have failed lately is because of their specificity.