Esmolol vs Amiodarone

Background Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent dysrhythmia managed in the ED, making up 0.5-1.0% of ED visits worldwide. Recent-onset AF (RAF) is typically defined as AF that has been present for < 48 hours.1 As clinicians, we certainly have…

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ALiEM’s “How I work smarter” – A statement summary

In 2014, Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) introduced a blog series titled “How I Work Smarter” where Emergency Physicians described the life-hacks they use to work smarter, not harder. On April 18th2019, a thematic review of this series…

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Oxygen Induced Hypercapnia

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