The incidence of opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests continues to rise. Current guidelines for the resuscitation of patients with OHCA advise the clinician to consider the administration of naloxone of patients with suspected opioid-associated OHCA. In this podcast, we review a recenlty published study in JAMA that evaluated the association of naloxone with patient outcomes in opioid-associated OHCAs.
In this podcast, we discuss the recently published ADRENAL study and its implications for the use of steroids for patients with refractory septic shock?...
To say that 2020 has been a challenging year would be a gross understatement. The courage and determination that all healthcare providers have shown...
Approximately 75% of patients older than 65 years of age are seen in an ED within 6 months of their death. While palliative care...