Report on ED Diagnostic Errors Sparks Controversy
When the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released its systematic review of diagnostic errors in…
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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…
Telehealth Pros and Pitfalls
The Case for Expanding Emergency Telehealth Services by Aditi U. Joshi, MD, MSC, FACEP Telehealth and tel-emergency…
The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department
In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the…