Today we talk about the debate over whether to give vasopressors as part of a balanced resuscitation in early exsanguination... EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

Piperacillin-tazobactam is an antibiotic that a lot of people love to hate. Combine this with the conservatism that often (rightfully) surrounds drug safety, and it creates a lot of volatility. Before going further, we should review some recent history regarding piptazo. In the early 2010's, a series of retrospective correlational studies found that patients treated […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas ..read more

How to do a scary procedure that must get done... EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

An AMAX4 shadowboxing case EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

A critical care bounce back case with Mike Weinstock EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

A razor is a rule of thumb that is helpful, although it isn't always correct. In medicine we're familiar with Occam's razor (the rule of parsimony). The cutoff razor states: if a continuous variable is dichotomized using a cutoff, then values near the cutoff provide little information. A simple illustration of the cutoff razor is […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas ..read more

10 heuristics for the new Crit Care doc from Ross Prager EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

The 2nd FoundStab SOP is on standard intubation... EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

All the literature goodness for March 2024 EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more

Continuing on our contrast issues theme... EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM ..read more