EBM and the Five Stages
I read with interest Dr. Faust’s column of June 2013 titled “EBM and the ‘Five Stages of…
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Obesity is a Disease?
The question mark at the end of the title is there not so much because I’m questioning…
Clinical Guideline Review: Diagnosis of DVT
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new…
The Moral Challenge of Morbidly Obese ED Patients
September 1, 2013
- Gregory L. Larkin, M.D., ArVind Venkat, M.D., and Rostislav Mouravev, M.D., ACEP News contributing writers
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More than a-third of all Americans are obese.1 Morbid obesity, variously defined as either BMI > 40kg/m2…
The Career Report: The Job Market for Emergency Physicians
I recently did a research project on the progression of emergency medicine residency programs in the past…
The ER is a Cost-Effective Place to Receive Acute Care
There is a persistent narrative about emergency rooms that says they are overly expensive places to receive…
Perinatal Disaster Management
[Originally published online Sept. 1, 2011. Updated and revised in 2013.] This article addresses disaster agents and…
Be Careful With Creativity
So this guy (a 72-year-old male) checks in with a chief complaint of chest pain one evening….
Use your Pathway to Critical Care Certification
It is a great time to be an emergency medicine resident interested in pursuing Critical Care Medicine…
Resident Supervision and Risk Management
We can all learn from our own mistakes – in health care, the question becomes at what…