Outside of asthma or COPD, I have never prescribed steroids for community acquired pneumonia. Almost everyone has heard that dexamethasone might decrease mortality in COVID, but it is possible we should be using steroids in CAP as well. Although I have heard rumors of benefit for years, I have never […]
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Time for another rapid recap of some important, inane, or interesting emergency medicine literature. Not a single paper about coronavirus though – you will have to stick to CNN for that. As always, the podcast version will be on the BroomeDocs podcast. Hold up – you want to shove that […]
Tamiflu doesn’t work – at least not for anything important. In fact, because of its many side effects, it is probably harmful. For anyone following this evidence based debacle over the last decade, I think that conclusion is pretty clear. You can read a little bit about the Tamiflu saga […]