Journal Club 3 – Dexamethasone and Ketorolac in Acute Renal Colic
April 24, 2023
Does the addition of dexamethasone to ketorolac improve pain scores in patients suffering from renal colic? Find out through this critical appraisal of a recent...
Min Joon Lee
Dexamethasone vs Methylprednisolone in ICU Patients with COVID19
May 13, 2021
Background Information: Over one year into the pandemic many therapies to treat COVID-19 have targeted innumerable aspects of the virus. Most recently, the use of...
Marco Torres
It’s Raining Steroids in COVID-19: REMAP-CAP, CoDEX, & CAPE COVID
September 5, 2020
Background: Over the past few years, corticosteroids have gained traction in the treatment of patients with ARDS and septic shock. Trials such as APROCCHSS and...
EM Quick Hits 21 TXA in GI Bleed, Pediatric DKA, POCUS for Shoulder Dislocations, Lisfranc Injuries, Dexamethasone for COVID Pneumonia, Consultation Tips
August 11, 2020
Salim Rezaie on HALT-IT trial for TXA in unstable GI bleed, Sarah Reid on pediatric DKA update in fluid management and cerebral edema, Hans Rosenberg...
Anton Helman
The RECOVERY Trial: Dexamethasone for COVID-19?
June 23, 2020
Background: We have been in need of a sign of hope in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 as it runs from city to city overwhelming health...
Ep 126 EM Drugs That Work and Drugs That Don’t – Part 1: Analgesics
June 18, 2019
In this podcast we discuss the key concepts in assessing drug efficacy trials, and provide you with a bottom line recommendation for the use of...
REBEL Cast Episode 39 – The TOAST Trial: Dexamethasone for Acute Pharyngitis
July 24, 2017
Background: Sore throat is a common presentation to the emergency department as well as primary care clinics. Corticosteroids inhibit transcription of pro-inflammatory mediators in airway...
Single Dose Dexamethasone or 5 Days of Prednisone in Adult Asthmatics?
August 11, 2016
Background: Acute asthma presentations account for more than 2.1 million Emergency Department (ED) visits annually. In the US, 8.4% of the population is affected by the...
Episode 79 – Management of Acute Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
April 12, 2016
In this EM Cases episode on Pediatric Asthma we discuss risk stratification (including the PASS and PRAM scores), indications for CXR, the value of blood...