ACEP News: Vol 31 – No 11 – November 2012 Archives

ACEP News: Vol 31 – No 11 – November 2012

This is Your Captain Speaking…

Nov 01, 2012 - By David F. Baehren, M.D.

Denver was a great choice for this year’s Scientific Assembly. I enjoyed meeting many of you there....

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There is a shortage of doctors providing primary care in the United States. No matter how you...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Lisa M. Bundy, M.D.

“Is everybody having fun?” shouted Dean Wilkerson, ACEP Executive Director. Some hoots and hollers and applause emanated...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Whit Fisher, M.D.

When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we...

Nov 01, 2012 - By the ACEP Emergency Medicine Practice Committee

By virtue of its prominence at the beginning of the cycle of care, emergency medicine will likely...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Louise B. Andrew, M.D.

Traditionally, physicians have been reluctant to share their personal experience with malpractice litigation due to fear of...

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Introduction Emergency physicians perform abdominal paracentesis both for diagnostic sampling of peritoneal fluid and for therapeutic drainage...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Howard Roemer, MD, Loren Brown, MD, Vern L. Katz, MD, and Talla Rouson, MD

Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare entity in the parturient population occurring in 3 to...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Jennifer Thompson, M.D.

Sitting in a hogan, warming ourselves by the fire, Stephen Begay told me a story about his...

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The 2012 ACEP Council considered several resolutions during its annual meeting last month, including issues related to...

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After considerable debate, the ACEP Council voted this month to refrain from participation in the national “Choosing...

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Rosenau Chosen as ACEP President-Elect The ACEP Council chose Dr. Alex M. Rosenau was ACEP President-Elect on...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Myles Riner, M.D., FACEP

A physician acquaintance of mine is on a mission to promote awareness, especially in emergency physicians, of...

Nov 01, 2012 - By Howard Roemer, M.D.

One afternoon a few years back, my second patient of the shift was a 60-year-old female, June...