What Happened to Phenylephrine?
In September, a surprising publication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the efficacy of oral…
About Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS
Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS, is an emergency physician and informatician with Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch,
New Zealand. He is the Annals of Emergency
Medicine podcast co-host and Journal Club editor and can be found on Twitter @emlitofnote.
Posts by Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS
Are Opiates Futile in Low Back Pain?
There is no shortage of evidence regarding the harms of opiate use and misuse. With this in…
Gradually Circling Around the GRACE Project’s “Reasonable Practice”
There is no shortage of guidelines, protocols, or quality measures across emergency medicine. Regardless of the domain,…
Dr. Chatbot Will See You Now
If you’re wondering about the hype with chatbots in medicine, perhaps it’s because they’re nothing new: the…
Masks: The Good, the Bad, and Systematic Reviews
At least as important as carving out the time to read new studies, it is important to…
An Incorrect Report on Emergency Department Diagnostic Errors
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report entitled, “To Err Is Human,” that estimated 44,000…
There Are Only Four Effective Interventions in Emergency Medicine
Every generation of emergency physicians can tell a whiplash-inducing story of a medical reversal from their training,…
New Adventures (and Studies!) in Fluid Resuscitation
For a ubiquitous intervention such as intravenous fluid resuscitation, it’s a surprise to see reassessment continuing apace….
Diagnosing Sepsis, the Next Generation
Whether in the context of febrile illness, mild delirium, or the dreaded “weak and dizzy,” sepsis lurks…
Current Findings, Reports from the 2022 International Stroke Conference
Each year, the world’s neurologists gather to unveil their latest innovations at the International Stroke Conference (ISC)….