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How Computer-Interpreted ECGs May Lead to Errors Dr Mattu reviews a paper that summarized the benefits and limitations of computer interpretation programs.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 28, 2017
Bougies in the ED: Do They Facilitate Intubation? A study uses video recordings to evaluate first-pass intubation success rates with and without the aid of a bougie.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 30, 2017
Painless Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department Real-life AAD may not resemble the textbook description, so always consider AAD in sick patients even in the absence of chest pain, says Dr Mattu.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 15, 2017
Ketamine: Another Option for Managing Acute Pain? Dr Sumit Patel reviews a study that compared pain control in patients who received either placebo + opioids or ketamine + opioids.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 19, 2017
Quick SOFA Scores May Predict Mortality in the ED Quick SOFA scores may predict poor outcomes in ED patients irrespective of infection, according to a new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 16, 2017
Three Must-Read Emergency Medicine Articles of 2016 Each of these papers promotes concepts that can be employed during your next shift and might be lifesaving, Amal Mattu says.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 18, 2017
CHA2DS2-VASc Score and Risk for Major Bleeding Dr Patel reviews a study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, that examined the relationship between CHA2DS2-VASc scores and major bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients on rivaroxaban.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 29, 2016
Time to End Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis? Dr Amal Mattu questions whether we should continue to provide antibiotic prophylaxis to patients who are undergoing various medical procedures.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 02, 2016
IV Amiodarone for WCT: Time to Say Goodbye? Amiodarone has been the standard of care for wide complex tachycardia, but Dr Amal Mattu argues that it's time for this drug to be dethroned in favor of procainamide.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 05, 2016
Three Must-Read Emergency Medicine Articles of 2015 Dr Amal Mattu makes his picks for the most interesting emergency medicine literature of the past year.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 07, 2016
Epinephrine: The 'Backboard' of Cardiac Arrest? Epinephrine continues to be recommended for use in cardiac arrest, but is it warranted?
Experts And Viewpoints, October 30, 2015
Low-Risk Chest Pain Admissions: A Waste of Time? Dr Amal Mattu reviews current data on whether to admit patients with potential acute coronary syndrome but a negative emergency department workup.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 16, 2015
The Most Life-Saving Emergency Medicine Articles of 2014 Dr Amal Mattu recounts the journal articles that changed the practice of emergency medicine in 2014.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 19, 2014
Thoracotomy in Blunt Trauma: What's the Harm? Thoracotomy is often a last-ditch effort when trying to resuscitate a patient who has suffered trauma. What are risks vs benefits of attempting this procedure?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 11, 2014
Brugada Syndrome Update: More Common Than Imagined This review offers important information and updates on Brugada syndrome.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 31, 2014
5 Key Questions in the Work-up and Management of Acute PE Answers to 5 question clinicians struggle with when managing patients with acute or suspected pulmonary embolism.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 28, 2014
Amal Mattu's 2013 Articles You've Gotta Know! Emergency medicine physician Amal Mattu, MD, picks his top 3 research articles for 2013.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 24, 2013
Algorithms for Diagnosing WCTs: Stop Wasting Your Time! For many years, cardiologists and other experts have tried to find reliable methods of distinguishing between VT and SVT-AC on the basis of ECG criteria. Have we found one yet?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 03, 2013
Coronary Plaques: Does Size Really Matter in ACS? For decades, pathologists have said that plaque size is not the key determinant of myocardial infarction. Amal Mattu, MD, looks at this claim in the context of a new NEJM study.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 26, 2013
Ice Ice Baby! A Decade of Therapeutic Hypothermia Dr. Amal Mattu explains why therapeutic hypothermia may very well be the most significant advance in care of cardiac arrest since the incorporation of the defibrillator.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 12, 2013

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