A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.
The Cook County EM Residency strives to teach both fundamentals with practice-changing research. Our journal club is split between senior and junior residents, and here you will see the articles discussed at our October journal club. The topics include the evaluation of AMI for juniors and the evaluation of critical illness in pediatric patients for Seniors.
Jose Reyes, MD
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This week’s cheese post will review recent literature that examines the role of antiarrhythmic medications in shockable cardiac arrest. Although algorithmic, these data may suggest some nuance in your approach to the management of shockable rhythms can improve your chances of obtaining ROSC.
Vladimir Bernstein, MD
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Evaluation of retroperitoneal trauma can be difficult with clinical exam alone. This is further daunting for the emergency physician given the cavity can hold enough blood to result in significant morbidity and mortality. Here you will find a discussion of the evaluation of retroperitoneal trauma.
Rikki Hall, MS4
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