Emergency Medicine Research Programs and Studies

Additional Studies

  • DEFENDER. Was it Fentanyl?

    Principal Investigator:

    Dana L. Sacco, MD
    The purpose of this research study is to evaluate how commonly drug overdoses in our community involve fentanyl and xylazine. We know that often drugs such as heroin, oxycontin, and even cocaine and methamphetamine, actually contain these additives, even though the person buying the drugs is not aware.

  • Learn More About PRoMPT BOLUS!

    Principal Investigator:

    Maria Yik-Fan Kwok, MD
    What's fast-moving, all-encompassing, and plays no favorites? Sepsis, an indiscriminate systemic condition that escalates so rapidly, national guidelines recommend treatment begin within 20 minutes of arrival to the emergency department. Crystalloid resuscitation with normal saline or balanced fluids (including lactated Ringers and Plasma-Lyte) is the current standard of care, but which is optimal is unknown. Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center are considering doing a research study called the PROMPT BOLUS Trial (PRagMatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced vs nOrmaL Saline...