The Cyanotic Neonate
Neonatal cyanosis may be a signal of serious underlying pathology, and these patients require prompt and comprehensive…
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Wyatt Decker, M.D., was named Mayo Clinic vice president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic’s campus…
Review Panel Examines Finger Gangrene Case
A 55-year-old female presented to the emergency department with an avulsion laceration to the tip of her…
ACEP Issues Position Paper on Sedation
The American College of Emergency Physicians reaffirmed that emergency physicians are qualified to administer procedural sedation in…
Emergency Medicine’s Role in End-of-Life Care
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to…
EM Action Fund Develops Priority Issues
At its inaugural meeting, the Emergency Medicine Action Fund Board of Governors developed six areas of focus…
Camouflaging Informed Consent
In 1972, Canterbury v. Spence changed American health law, and with it, the patient-physician relationship. Some ethicists…
Look, Thurston…
The eggheads in Washington sit on the beach reading cheap novels while we swim with the sharks….
Transcutaneous and Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
Courtesy ACEP Cardiac pacing capture is depicted above: A, intrinsic bradycardic rhythm; B, pacer spikes are evident…
Emergency Physicians and End-of-Life Care in the ED
Emergency physicians surely realize that care of our sickest patients is immensely aided by advance directives. Advance…