I know that documenting feels like the bane of our existence most of the time, but it is one of the most important things that we do, for a variety of reasons. The following pearl is going to go through aspects of documentation th…
Ultrasound during cardiac arrest has quickly become standard. Initially, data suggested that the use of ultrasound during arrest increased pauses between compressions which worsens outcomes. To decrease time between compressions, many proto…
Today we’ll be discussing acute kidney injury (AKI). How often are you looking at the Bun/Cr thinking ‘Patient has an AKI’…and then not much more? I’ve done this. While ascertaining the unde…
There are almost 1,000,000 pulmonary embolisms per year. Do all of them need to be admitted? From a dispo standpoint, it can be easier when you’re at larger academic centers to admit or obs them all but the reality is that s…
