In a boxing match, the divergent camps set themselves up in opposite corners. When it comes to...
A landmark announcement came in March 2014, with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Association of...
The Case Eric G. was a 39-year-old married man and father of two who worked rotating shifts....
On a recent Friday, Pattie Malone, MD, worked the emergency room at Ocean Beach Hospital, a 25-bed,...
An interview with reimbursement and coding expert Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP When it comes to compensation,...
Those coordinators who preferred to remain anonymous were quite specific about the consequences of not respecting or...
For clarification, the living will’s presence does not mean it should be followed. It simply indicates that...
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A Clinical Policies Subcommittee of ACEP has completed a draft clinical guideline: “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in...
During ACEP’s annual conference in Seattle last fall, the College released its five recommendations for inclusion in...
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation...
Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) project whose mission includes educating healthcare...
One of the best reasons to be an emergency medicine provider on Twitter is to easily keep...
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You are considering your next steps in management when you hear the BP cuff cycle...64/34…repeat...61/30...Heart rate now...
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for...
A test positive for cocaine is a true positive for that drug—and no patients testing positive for...
Having practiced EM for over 35 years, I respectfully take issue with Professor Ducharme’s reference to marijuana...
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture...
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 10 – October 2024
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