EBM reviews Archives

We have discussed evidence that antibiotics may not help diverticulitis multiple times on this blog (for example here […]

Diverticulitis and antibiotics: time to change practice?

Headache is a very common presenting complaint in emergency medicine, and most patients have a benign cause. (Davenport […]

“Medical clearance” for psychiatric patients has long been a problem for emergency medicine. Despite a clear consensus in […]

I have dedicated a number of posts to the workup of low risk chest pain. There is the […]

I have avoided commenting on vitamin C for sepsis, because commentary seemed rather unnecessary. The hype was obviously […]

Over the last month, normal blog content has taken a back seat to the COVID pandemic. I will […]

In the first post of this two part series, I went in depth into the basic science of […]

The rapid emergence of COVID-19 has created tremendous uncertainty in medicine. We don’t know where this pandemic is […]

The treatment of viral pneumonia is supportive care. The arrival of COVID-19 has not changed that basic principle. […]