Evidence-Based On-Call

Guide	Contributor	Reviewer
Anaemia	Robert Dinniwell MD Ontario, Canada	D Chitnavas MRCP Locum Consultant in Haematology John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, UK
Anaphylaxis	Michael Bennett MB BS, FFARCSI, FANZCA, MM(Clin Epi) Medical Director Dept. of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia	M Daniel MRCP FRCA Consultant Anaesthetist Glasgow Royal Infirmary Scotland David M Lang MD Head, Allergy/Immunology The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 10524 Euclid Ave, C22 Cleveland OH 44195 USA
Unstable angina	Nicholas Shenker MRCP Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK	IK Jang MD Cardiology Division Bulfinch 105, 55 Finch St Boston, USA
Anticoagulation	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	A Gallus MRCP & D Keeling MRCP John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, UK
Aortic dissection	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	M Briggs MRCP London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK
Asthma exacerbation	Ben Wong MD Chief Medical Resident Department of Internal Medicine McMaster University, Canada	BR O'Driscoll MRCP Consultant Chest Physician Hope Hospital Salford, UK
Atrial fibrillation	RG Hart MD Department of Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas, USA	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Bradyarrhythmias	Euan A. Ashley BSc MBChB MRCP Wellcome Trust Cardiovascular Research Fellow Department of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK	B McGovern MD Boxford, MA, USA
Carbon monoxide poisoning	Joel Ray MD Toronto, Canada	CD Scheinkestel Alfred Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cardiac arrest	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Cellulitis	John Epling MD Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Lafayette Family Medicine Residency and Center for Evidence-Based Practice State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Lafayette, NY, USA	C Conlon FRCP John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, UK
Chest pain	Nicholas Shenker MRCP Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK	SI Hsu MD Department of Internal Medicine National University Hospital Singapore
Coma	Will Whiteley BM BCh Whittington Hospital, London, UK	M Daniel MRCP FRCA Consultant Anaesthetist] Glasgow Royal Infirmary Scotland
Congestive heart failure	Ati Yates MD Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Anaconda Community Hospital, Montana, USA	B Lee MD Boston, USA
COPD exacerbation	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	NR Anthonisen MD Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Deep vein thrombosis	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	J Ginsberg MD McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Diabetic ketoacidosis	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	N Chi MD Whitehead Institute Nine Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA, USA
Upper GI bleeding	Alain Townsend FRCP Professor of Medicine IMM, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK	L Friedman MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA USA
Giant cell arteritis	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	M V Kyle FRCP Department of General Medicine Frenchay Hospital Bristol, UK
Hypercalcaemia	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SB Ramirez MD Department of Paediatrics National University Hospital Singapore
Hyperkalaemia	Warren L. Lee MD Fellow in Respirology and Critical Care Medicine University of Toronto, Canada	Catherine M Clase BA, MB, BChir, MSc, FRCPC Assisant Professor, Division of Nephrology Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hypertensive crisis	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SI Hsu MD Department of Internal Medicine National University Hospital Singapore
Hypoglycaemia	Matthew Taylor BA BM BCh Department of General Medicine John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, UK	D Matthews MRCP Diabetes Centre Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford, UK
Hyponatraemia	Tim Ringrose MRCP John Racliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK	JV Bonventre MD Mass General Hospital-East Dept of Medicine Charlestown, MA, USA
Infective endocarditis	Sumit Dhingra BA BM BCh & Carl Heneghan BA BM BCh Oxford, UK	E Abrutyn MD MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA, USA
Inflammatory bowel disease	David C. Ford MD MSc FRCP(C) Division of Gastroenterology McMaster University Canada	L Friedman MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA USA
Meningitis	Robert Phillips MRCPCH Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Myocardial infarction	Nicholas Shenker MRCP Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Pleural effusion	Donald E. Stanley FCAP Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Maine, USA	D Geddes MRCP Brompton Hospital London, UK
Community-acquired pneumonia	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	M Kamei MD Japan
Pulmonary embolism	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	B Lee MD Boston, USA
Acute renal failure	Catherine M Clase BA, MB, BChir, MSc, FRCPC Assisant Professor, Division of Nephrology Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	SI Hsu MD Department of Internal Medicine National University Hospital Singapore
Sickle cell crisis	Nicholas Shenker MRCP Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK	G Serjeant MD Medical Research Council Laboratories Sickle Cell Unit University of the West Indies Kingston, Jamaica
Status epilepticus	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Stroke	Nicholas Shenker MRCP Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK	G Donnan Head of Neurosciences Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Syncope	Robert Phillips MRCPCH & Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	WN Kapoor MD Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pennsylvania , USA
Tachyarrhythmias	Christopher Ball MRCP Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford, UK	SE Straus MD Consultant Physician Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada

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