Best Practices for Emergency Department Syncope Risk Assessment
Note: This article is our CME Now offering for the January 2023 issue. After you read it,…
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The AHRQ Diagnostic Errors Study: A Peer Reviewer’s Reaction
In December 2022, Newman-Toker et al., published a systematic review on emergency department (ED) diagnostic errors with funding…
Report on ED Diagnostic Errors Sparks Controversy
When the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released its systematic review of diagnostic errors in…
ACEP’s New App Puts Resources in Your Pocket
Internet connections can be spotty on shift, that’s why ACEP has put some of its most popular…
The Reperfusion Guidelines Finally Catch Up
“Time is myocardium.” Emergency, prehospital, and regional systems have been built around this slogan and are designed…
Patients’ Best Friends: Therapy Dogs in the Emergency Department
Since time immemorial—or at least the 1956 publication of “Old Yeller”—stories about remarkable dogs who save humans…
Toxicology Answer: The Periwinkle
Answer: Periwinkle, or Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus rosea), is a tropical perennial that was brought to Europe in…
Toxicology Question: The Pinwheel of Poison
Question: Nicknamed sorcerer’s violet, fairy’s paintbrush, and fiore di morte (flower of death in Italian), and often…
Is Your Medical Chart Feeling Bloated?
That well-known but medically complex patient is back in your emergency department (ED). He was seen by…
How To Prepare for In-Flight Emergencies
You are 40,000 feet in the air, flying across the Atlantic Ocean when the intercom crackles to…