Opinion: Should Emergency Departments Watch for Chronic Kidney Disease?
Emergency physicians order basic metabolic panels for a variety of reasons. For patients without a primary care…
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Opinion: Should Emergency Departments Watch for Chronic Kidney Disease?
Emergency physicians order basic metabolic panels for a variety of reasons. For patients without a primary care... -
Opinion: Caution Required with COVID-19 Antibody/Immune Testing
It has been announced that rapid, point-of-care “antibody immune status” testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes... -
Opinion: ACEP Should Avoid the Firearms Debate
As an ACEP member, I share what many other members desire from membership: ACEP should make my...
Opinion: Caution Required with COVID-19 Antibody/Immune Testing
It has been announced that rapid, point-of-care “antibody immune status” testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes…
Opinion: ACEP Should Avoid the Firearms Debate
As an ACEP member, I share what many other members desire from membership: ACEP should make my…
Buzz About ACEP’s New Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Section
ACEP Past President Rebecca Parker, MD, FACEP, established a Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, and Ramon W. Johnson,…
Opinion: How Does Gender Bias Affect the ED, and How Do We Address It?
It’s Monday morning. You walk into a well-lit room, taking in the familiar surroundings of several colleagues…
When Unconscious Bias Hits Home (Again)
It was surprising to receive an email advising me that I had appeared on the front page…
Is the tPA-for-Stroke Debate Over?
A few months ago, possibly while you weren’t looking, the debate regarding the utility of tissue plasminogen…
Opinion: Did Obamacare Reduce ED Use?
Will increasing access to health insurance decrease ED utilization by increasing access to primary care providers (PCPs)?…
Opinion: Stanford’s New Stroke Protocol Expands the Treatment Window
Until now, the window to treat acute stroke with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) or endovascular thrombectomy was…
Opinion: How the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Got Almost Everything Wrong
What could be wrong about a campaign to promote sepsis survival? Looking back on the history of…