The MDCalc Fellows program is a 2-year longitudinal engagement for residents and medical students passionate about EBM and knowledge translation.
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Effect of a Palliative/Hospice Care Intervention on ED Use
Patients with end of life care needs frequently present to emergency departments (EDs) throughout the world, whether for life sustaining treatments, symptomatic relief or social needs.Previous research has demonstrated that these patients and their families often do not have their expectations of care met by the ED, and furthermore, may even experience greater suffering. Emergency medicine (EM) physicians and nurses may not be adequately trained to deal with this specific patient population,
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Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
This post takes a deep dive into the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy focusing on preeclampsia and eclampsia.
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Ronald O. Perelman Department of EM Fellowships
If you’re looking for a fellowship in Ultrasound, Pediatric EM, Toxicology, Healthcare Leadership or Quality and Safety, check out the opportunities available at our program.
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Epinephrine in Older Adults with Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis is an acute, potentially life-threatening emergency. In patients with compromise of their airway, breathing or circulation, epinephrine (epi) should be rapidly administered. There is little data describing the differences in epi administration and cardiac complications among older and younger patients with anaphylaxis. Older patients have been identified as a vulnerable group for severe or fatal anaphylaxis.
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The Role of Intubation in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Recent years have seen a paradigm shift in cardiac arrest from the traditional mantra of airway, breathing circulation (ABC’s) to circulation, airway, breathing (CAB). This change represents the understanding that circulation is of paramount importance and thus, advanced airway management has been de-emphasized. This change is rational as the only interventions that have been shown to be beneficial in cardiac arrest are high-quality CPR and defibrillation.
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Amiodarone is Dead
This post discusses the lack of evidence for the use of amiodarone in atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest.
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Post It Pearls 10.0
Teaching on a clinical shift can sometimes be difficult: it’s busy, everyone’s running around and it’s hard to capture a trainees attention. Recently, on twitter, Amal Mattu (@amalmattu) has been posting pictures of his white board teaching: discrete pearls written down and shared with anyone who walks by. The pearls are often prompted by patients presenting during that shift but they don’t have to be.
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