Background Although the induction of behavioural unconsciousness during sleep and general
anaesthesia has been shown to involve overlapping brain mechanisms, sleep involves …

The clinical applications of point‐of‐care ultrasound (US) have expanded rapidly over the
past decade. To promote early exposure to point‐of‐care US, there is widespread support for …

Bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used to assess medical patients.
At present, no consensus exists for what POCUS curriculum is appropriate for internal …

Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used on General Internal
Medicine (GIM) inpatient services, creating a need for defined competencies and formalized …

Objective: There are concerns that structured electronic documentation systems can limit
expressivity and encourage long and unreadable notes. We assessed the impact of an …

Purpose To compare point-of-care ultrasound and physical examination (PEx), each
performed by first-year medical students after brief teaching, for assessing ascites and …

Background: It is unclear whether there are sex-based differences in use of palliative care
near the end of life. The objective of this study was to measure the association between sex …

Purpose: To characterize physicians’ stated practices in the treatment of patients with severe
acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome (sAAWS) and to use intravenous (IV) phenobarbital as …

Introduction The transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the general medical
ward is high risk for adverse events and health care provider dissatisfaction. We aimed to …

Background Emphysematous cystitis is a well-described life threatening complication of urinary
tract infection, most commonly seen in patients with diabetes and typically caused by gas …