Owyang and Meyers sounds like a great east village restaurant (critics rave “you just have to get the foie and cheetos”). Instead, they’ve published a great systematic review of fluids responsiveness assessment with TTE a…
The terminal R in AVR can be seen with any significant ingestion of a sodium channel blocking agent (including TCAs). Sodium channel blocking agents work by delaying phase 0 (upward stroke) of the myocardial action potential. This leads to…
Cervical artery dissections include carotid or vertebral artery dissections and can be seen in patients of all ages, although they are a more common cause of stroke in young patients Symptoms may be somewhat non-specific (headache, n…
Reuben Strayer has written and talked extensively about proper PSA technique in the emergency department. Here is his checklist so that you can minimize complications and maximize your success: For more information check out his Procedural…