What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for…
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Standard Strategies for Emergency Physicians To Use When Patients Seek Opioids
A test positive for cocaine is a true positive for that drug—and no patients testing positive for…
Alcohol and Tobacco, not Marijuana, are True Gateway Drugs
Having practiced EM for over 35 years, I respectfully take issue with Professor Ducharme’s reference to marijuana…
Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture…
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available…
Free Medical Translator App for iPhone, iPad Available to ACEP Members
Canopy, ACEP’s newest affinity partner, is offering its popular Medical Translator app to help health care providers…
Tweets from Emergency Medicine-related Conferences Relay Latest Research About Social Media and Critical Care, Resuscitation Procedures, Ultrasounds, and Toxicology
One of the best reasons to be an emergency medicine provider on Twitter is to easily keep…
Pros and Cons of “Fountain of Youth” Treatments
In a boxing match, the divergent camps set themselves up in opposite corners. When it comes to…
Anti-aging Therapies to Combat Low Testosterone Syndrome Set Bad Precedent
Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) project whose mission includes educating healthcare…