The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Creates COVID-19 Guideline
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Sept. 7, 2021, and was accurate at that time. Because…
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Residency Spotlight: New York Presbyterian Queens
What makes your department a unique place to learn emergency medicine? We see approximately 130,000 patients per…
What to Do About Inflation?
Q. Inflation is higher this year than it has been in years. What should I do about…
Therapeutic-Dose Heparin Benefits High-Risk, Non-ICU Inpatients with COVID-19
Early treatment with therapeutic doses of low-molecular-weight heparin significantly reduced major thromboembolism and death without increasing major…
When Can Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults be Treated Nonoperatively?
Careful patient selection is key to optimizing treatment for adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, a secondary analysis…
Course of Pediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Not Changed by Antibiotics
Children with lower respiratory tract infections have similar severity and duration of symptoms whether or not they…
Not All DOACs Have Same GI-Bleeding Risk
Rivaroxaban is associated with higher rates of gastrointestinal bleeding compared with other direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), regardless…
For Many, COVID-19 Hospitalizations Resulted in Hundreds of Dollars in Out-of-Pocket Spending
During 2020, many hospitalized COVID-19 patients were hit with hundreds of dollars of out-of-pocket costs even when…
COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked with Pregnancy Loss
Two studies in major medical journals add to evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe before and during…
What’s the Best Migraine Drug(s) for Kids?
Question 1: In children presenting with acute migraine, what appears to be the best abortive pharmacological treatment?…