Just The Facts

We are providing clinicians with easy access to Just the Facts synopses that have been previously published in CJEM.                 

Just the facts are cutting-edge and crisp summaries of clinically challenging topics – prepared by Canadian experts.

VolumeIssueYearAuthorTitle
Volume 21Issue 12019Ohle

How do I rule out aortic dissection?

Volume 21Issue 22019Yadav

Diagnosis and Management of Non-Purulent Cellulitis in the Emergency Department

Volume 21Issue 32019Rowe

How to diagnose and treat acute asthma

Volume 21Issue 42019Ho

Management of life-threatening bleeding with oral anticoagulant use in the emergency department

Volume 21Issue 52019Rowe

How to diagnose and treat benign headaches

Volume 21Issue 62019Mekwan

How do I manage the emergency airway?

Volume 22Issue 12020Yan

Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 12020Sibley

Pediatric Dental and Oral Injuries

Volume 22Issue 22020Murray

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and soft tissue abscess in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 22020Murphy

Hypertonic saline is just as good as (and probably better than) mannitol

Volume 22Issue 22020Hancock

Organ donation in the emergency department: When you can’t save one, save eight

Volume 22Issue 32020Perry

Diagnosis and risk-stratification following transient ischemic attack

Volume 22Issue 32020Henneberry

Point-of-care ultrasound in the management of shoulder dislocations

Volume 22Issue 32020Woods

Diagnosing growth plate fractures in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 42020McIsaac

Protected code blue – Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the emergency department during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Volume 22Issue 42020Atkinson

Protecting frontline clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic

Volume 22Issue 42020Kovacs

Airway management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Volume 22Issue 42020Kim

Recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound use and machine infection control during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Volume 22Issue 42020Sibley

Hypertension in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 42020Chan

How to teach emergency department flow management

Volume 22Issue 42020Johns

How to assess a patient with constant significant vertigo and nystagmus in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 52020Long

What are the roles of oxygen escalation and noninvasive ventilation in COVID-19?

Volume 22Issue 52020Long

What drugs are safe and effective for COVID-19?

Volume 22Issue 52020Connors

Management of cyclopeptide mushroom ingestion

Volume 22Issue 52020Long

Diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction

Volume 22Issue 52020Polsky

Risk stratifying nontraumatic back pain for Cauda Equina Syndrome in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 52020Atkinson

The Five F’s of Focused Echocardiography in Shock

Volume 22Issue 62020Long

Diagnosis and management of rhabdomyolysis

Volume 22Issue 62020Grewal

Adverse events associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment for cancer

Volume 22Issue 62020Polsky

Risk stratifying non-traumatic back pain for spinal epidural abscess in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 62020Long

Ovarian torsion in the emergency department setting

Volume 22Issue 62020 Rosenberg

Postintubation sedation in the emergency department

Volume 22Issue 62020Fernando

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Volume 23Issue 12021Barbic

Substance induced psychosis

Volume 23Issue 12021Woods

Fascia iliaca compartment block for hip fracture pain management

Volume 23Issue 22021Cheskes

Double sequential external defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation

Volume 23Issue 22021Hillier

Non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis

Volume 23Issue 22021Cheskes

Management of electrical storm and recurrent ICD shocks in the emergency department

Volume 23Issue 22021Ahmad

Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis

Volume 23Issue 32021Gottlieb

Point-of-care ultrasound for airway management

Volume 23Issue 32021Long

Updates in COVID-19 therapeutics

Volume 23Issue 32021Rosenberg

How to assess a patient presenting to the emergency department with syncope

Volume 23Issue 32021Lennox

High-impact emergency department intervention following opioid overdose

Volume 23Issue 42021Scheuermeyer

Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients who are candidates for rate control

Volume 23Issue 42021Stiell

Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients who are candidates for rhythm control

Volume 23Issue 42021Long

Febrile neutropenia in the emergency department setting

Volume 23Issue 52021Woods

Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in older adults

Volume 23Issue 52021Gottlieb

Point-of-care ultrasound for skin and soft-tissue abscesses

Volume 23Issue 52021Mastoras

Initiating mechanical ventilation in the emergency department

Volume 23Issue 52021Gottlieb

Point-of-care ultrasound for painless loss of vision

Volume 23Issue 62021Poonja

Ultrasound guidance for arthrocentesis

Volume 23Issue 62021Rosenberg

Assessment and management of testicular torsion in the emergency department

Volume 23Issue 62021Hendin

How to assess for cerebral venous thrombosis

Volume 23Issue 62021Brenkel

Diagnosis and management of intimate partner violence in the emergency department

Volume 24Issue 22022Long

Evaluation and management of thermal burns

Volume 24Issue 32022de Wit

Testing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Volume 24Issue 32022Jerome

Drowning

Volume 24Issue 32022McCurdy

How to diagnose and manage patients with multiple myeloma in the emergency department?

Volume 24Issue 42022Hendin

Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in the ED

Volume 24Issue 62022Gottlieb

Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest

Volume 24Issue 72022Gottlieb

Point-of-care ultrasound for the diagnosis and management of acute heart failure

Volume 24Issue 52022Teitel

How do I recognize, diagnose and treat acquired (autoimmune) hemophilia?

Volume 24Issue 72022Burstein

How to diagnose and manage acute preschool asthma in the ED

Volume 25Issue 42023Gottlieb

POCUS assessment for deep venous thrombosis

Volume 25Issue 12023Nemeth

Environmental pediatric hypothermia

Volume 25Issue 22023Petrosoniak

Massive hemorrhage protocol

Volume 25Issue 22023Hanna

Revisiting the role of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis

Volume 25Issue 32023Thurgur

Intravenous lipid emulsion

Volume 25Issue 12023Lanoue

Geriatric pharmacology for the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 32023McCurdy

How to assess and manage ulcerative colitis exacerbations in the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 42023Abunassar

How to assess and manage Crohn’s disease exacerbations in the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 52023Hendin

Anaphylaxis and its mimics in the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 62023Myers

Sodium bicarbonate usage in the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 82023Marcotte

Indications and technique for emergency tracheotomy

Volume 25Issue 72023Gottlieb

Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter placement

Volume 25Issue 72023Kareemi

Management of return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Volume 25Issue 92023Sowers

Traumatic cardiac arrest

Volume 25Issue 102023Hamelin

Precipitous deliveries in the emergency department

Volume 25Issue 112023Hanna

Transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac arrest

Volume 25Issue 122023Nunn

Seizure prophylaxis post-traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Volume 25Issue 112023Weaver

Diagnosing and managing syphilis in the emergency department (TBI)

Volume 25Issue 102023Murphy

Whole bowel irrigation

Volume 26Issue 12024Leeies

Transgender and gender diverse identities in emergency medicine

Volume 26Issue 22024Bhat

The role of gabapentinoids for analgesia in the emergency department

Volume 26Issue 62024Hendin

Ischemic stroke in the young patient

Volume 0Issue 02024Rosenberg

Evaluation and management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Volume 26Issue 52024Long

Evaluation and management of mesenteric ischemia

Volume 0Issue 02024Lipinski

Approach to the patient with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in the emergency department

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