Physiologic alarms in the ED frequently sound without any meaningful change in patient management. Understanding the effects of unnactionable alarms and their consequences is vital for the EM physician.
Anchoring on the most common can miss rare diagnoses
Humidified high flow nasal cannula is being applied to a growing patient population, but how does it work? Hint: Its beyond just the oxygen.
Patients presenting to the ED with critical illness may require transfer to a different hospital for a higher level of care or for services unavailable locally. Here are some considerations to be made when tansferring a critically ill patient.
Dialysis can be too much of a good thing.
A patient comes to the ED with dyspnea and is treated with a checkpoint inhibitor - what is that?
