Combating COVID in the Hospital, Community, and Media
While treating COVID-19 patients has been challenging in many ways for emergency physicians working in hospitals, those…
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Combating COVID in the Hospital, Community, and Media
While treating COVID-19 patients has been challenging in many ways for emergency physicians working in hospitals, those... -
Q&A with New ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz
I had the opportunity to briefly see Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, between meetings in Boston as she... -
Rare But Emerging Conditions Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines
Living up to its former name, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, the pathophysiology of what is now currently called...
Q&A with New ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz
I had the opportunity to briefly see Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, between meetings in Boston as she…
Rare But Emerging Conditions Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines
Living up to its former name, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, the pathophysiology of what is now currently called…
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…
Presidential Historian Draws Parallel Between Past and Present Hardships at ACEP21
BOSTON—Renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin covered a lot of territory during the ACEP21 opening general session,…
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…