Curbside Consults

Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly encountered, clinically significant arrhythmia. Dr Eli Gelfand discusses the key issues of atrial fibrillation management and takes a deep dive into the complexities and evidence that informs the pillars of atrial fibrillation management: anticoagulation, rate and rhythm control.

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a broad topic with a range of manifestations, from scant hematochezia to the exsanguinating variceal hemorrhages. In this part 2 of 2 interviews, Dr. Navin Kumar discusses the management of variceal and lower GI bleeding and the evidence behind some of the major interventions...

Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most commonly encountered infections in the hospital setting. In this interview, Dr. Anna Thorner discusses the basics of diagnosing and treating pneumonia as well as delving into the roles of procalcitonin and glucocorticoids...

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a broad topic with a range of manifestations, from scant hematochezia to the exsanguinating variceal hemorrhages. In this part 1 of 2 interviews, Dr. Navin Kumar discusses the management of acute non-variceal upper GI bleeding...

In this interview, Dr. Kathryn Hibbert reviews the biology underlying the effects of various fluids on the body and how sepsis disrupts the body’s natural response to corticosteroids. We also discuss the major points from these four new papers in the March 1, 2018 issue of NEJM and prior literature to get you up to speed on the evidence behind practice.

Listen to an interview with Dr. Patricia Kritek in which we go beyond the sound bites about low tidal-volume ventilation, the importance of PEEP, neuromuscular blockade and prone positioning to highlight the key clinical trials and discuss in detail how these therapies may work.