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1. Which of the following is part of a definition of an uncomplicated boxer's fracture?(...

Introduction

Atrial fibrillation(AF) increases the risk of stroke. We normally assess patients based on their CHA2DS2-VASc Score(0-9), with the highe...

Migraine is a common reason for presentation to the ED, yet treatment remains highly variable and in some cases inadequate, with a substantial number ...

We review the LOGICAL trial, that directly addresses the question of how aggressively we should avoid hyperoxia after ROSC.

THE TRIAL 
The LOGICAL Inv...

Syncope accounts for a significant proportion of Emergency Department presentations and hospital admissions.

Despite this, many patients undergo exte...

A recent study by Segond et al. reviewed in Literature Rounds here, showed worse outcomes with continuous insufflation of oxygen (CIO) via a  Boussign...

Oxygenation and ventilation during CPR is perhaps one of the lesser studied areas in cardiac resuscitation. The use of Bag-Valve-Mask(BVM), is still t...

A recent review article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at currently available and emerging pharmacological antidotes to reve...

In-hospital cardiac arrest may be considered different from out of hospital cardiac arrest in that the patient's environment may allow earlier deliver...

Does occult Ventricular Fibrillation occur? If so what is the incidence and how does it appear on our ECGs?

This study answered these questions.

The...

The new Clinical Practice Guidelines by the AHA on the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism have been published.
Here is a synopsis of...

Should we be targeting a higher MAP in that subset of patients with sepsis who progress to shock? There is a high mortality in this group and an even ...