Macrolide Antibiotics Increase Risk of Serious Cardiac Events
Macrolide antibiotic use is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmias, researchers…
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Interrupting Chest Compressions During CPR Does Not Worsen Survival
Continuous chest compressions given by rescue workers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) do not improve survival in out-of-hospital…
Wide Variation in the Emergency Department for Testing, Treatment After Teen Sexual Assault
Emergency department testing and treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and pregnancy varies widely for adolescents who have been…
Muscle Relaxants, Opioids Offer No Benefit for Low Back Pain
People who arrived at the emergency department with severe low back pain didn’t experience more relief with…
How Health Care Consolidation Is Changing Emergency Medicine
Consolidation in the health care market isn’t a new trend, but the frenzy of mergers and acquisitions…
New Leadership, High Attendance Highlight ACEP15
Near-record attendance at ACEP15 in Boston brought new leadership, new faces, and healthy contributions to ACEP’s advocacy…
American Board of Emergency Medicine President Dr. Barry Heller Talks the Future of Maintenance of Certification
The American Board of Emergency Medicine’s (ABEM) improvements to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program may not…
Disease Trajectory as an Emergency Medicine Tool
Emergency medicine training prepares us well for managing acute events in our patients’ lives. In fact, combined…
‘Health’ Supplements Send 23,000 to the Emergency Department Each Year
Dietary supplements send 23,000 people, many of them children, to the emergency room in the U.S. each…
ACEP Advocating for You on Balance Billing and Fair Payment Issues
State-Level Support (previous years) Significant involvement by ACEP’s immediate Past President Michael J. Gerardi, MD, FAAP, FACEP,…
