Pros and Cons of “Fountain of Youth” Treatments
In a boxing match, the divergent camps set themselves up in opposite corners. When it comes to...
ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 05 – May 2014
AOA-ACGME Merger Provides Single Accreditation System for MDs, DOs
A landmark announcement came in March 2014, with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Association of...
Hormone Replacement Therapy Safe and Effective When Administered by a Knowledgable Physician
The Case Eric G. was a 39-year-old married man and father of two who worked rotating shifts....
Emergency Physicians Increasingly Work Simultaneously as Hospitalists in Nation’s Smallest Hospitals
On a recent Friday, Pattie Malone, MD, worked the emergency room at Ocean Beach Hospital, a 25-bed,...
Prevent Loss of RVUs, Reduced Physician Compensation by Properly Documenting Evaluation and Management Services in the Emergency Department
An interview with reimbursement and coding expert Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP When it comes to compensation,...
Residency Coordinators Can Be Allies of Emergency Medicine Residents
Those coordinators who preferred to remain anonymous were quite specific about the consequences of not respecting or...
Avoid Potential Pitfalls of Living Wills, DNR, and POLST with Checklists, Standardization
For clarification, the living will’s presence does not mean it should be followed. It simply indicates that...
Free Medical Translator App for iPhone, iPad Available to ACEP Members
Canopy, ACEP’s newest affinity partner, is offering its popular Medical Translator app to help health care providers...
Comment Period Open for ACEP Draft Thoracic Aortic Dissection Clinical Policy
A Clinical Policies Subcommittee of ACEP has completed a draft clinical guideline: “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in...
ACEP’s Choosing Wisely Recommendations Stress Importance of Shared Decision Making in Emergency Medicine
During ACEP’s annual conference in Seattle last fall, the College released its five recommendations for inclusion in...
How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in the Emergency Department
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation...
Anti-aging Therapies to Combat Low Testosterone Syndrome Set Bad Precedent
Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) project whose mission includes educating healthcare...
Tweets from Emergency Medicine-related Conferences Relay Latest Research About Social Media and Critical Care, Resuscitation Procedures, Ultrasounds, and Toxicology
One of the best reasons to be an emergency medicine provider on Twitter is to easily keep...
ACEP Begins Selection Process for New Committee Members
Volunteer to serve on an ACEP Council committee and lend your experience and expertise. Members will be...
How to Recognize and Act on Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide
Women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of perpetrator. One in...
How To Prevent Peri-intubation Deaths with Careful Medication Choice
You are considering your next steps in management when you hear the BP cuff cycle...64/34…repeat...61/30...Heart rate now...
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for...
Standard Strategies for Emergency Physicians To Use When Patients Seek Opioids
A test positive for cocaine is a true positive for that drug—and no patients testing positive for...
Alcohol and Tobacco, not Marijuana, are True Gateway Drugs
Having practiced EM for over 35 years, I respectfully take issue with Professor Ducharme’s reference to marijuana...
Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture...
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available...
