Viewpoints

Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Answers or Just More Questions? Dr Amal Mattu asks the question: does a recent study in NEJM resolve the controversy on the use of epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
Experts And Viewpoints, November 27, 2018
Is IO Inferior to IV Access in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? Dr Patel reviews a study that examines the effect of intraosseous vs intravenous vascular access on patient outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 30, 2018
High-Flow Oxygen to Treat Infants With Bronchiolitis Dr Patel reviews a study that compares the outcomes of infants with bronchiolitis treated outside an ICU who received high-flow oxygen therapy versus those who received standard oxygen therapy.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 12, 2018
Noninvasive Testing of Low-Risk Chest Pain: Change the Guidelines? Dr Amal Mattu discusses two recent studies that continue to shoot holes in the guideline recommendation for routine noninvasive testing of low-risk chest pain patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 10, 2018
AKI From Contrast CT Scans: Is There an Association? Dr Patel reviews a study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, that compares outcomes between patients receiving contrast-enhanced CT and those receiving noncontrast CT.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 16, 2018
Three Must-Read EM Articles From 2017 Dr Amal Mattu discusses his picks for the most important emergency medicine literature of the past year. What are your picks?
Experts And Viewpoints, January 19, 2018
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

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