ACEP News: Vol 29 – No 12 – December 2010 Archives

ACEP News: Vol 29 – No 12 – December 2010

For Auld Lang Syne

Dec 01, 2010 - By David F. Baehren, M.D.

This time of year I find myself thinking of people and times gone by. Memories come in...

Dec 01, 2010 - By Larry Greenbaum, M.D.

I don’t know how well you keep up with your professional reading, but I gave up years...

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Acute pancreatitis remains an important diagnosis in emergency medicine, accounting for more than 220,000 hospital admissions a...

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Medicare claims for observation care rose from $828,000 in 2006 to more than $1.1 million in 2009....

Dec 01, 2010 - By Jennifer Baine, M.D., And Heather Farley, M.D.

More than 30% of the American population is obese.1 Studies have repeatedly demonstrated a bias against obese...

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The Emergency Medicine Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Blue Jay Consulting/EMF Award for Emergency...

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Here is a quick look at an article published in the December issue of Annals of Emergency...