How Will the American Health Care Act Affect Emergency Medicine?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) reform legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 4,...
ACEP Now: Vol 36 – No 06 – June 2017
Is Dexamethasone Helpful for Treating Pharyngitis?
In addition to our nominal business of handling true medical emergencies, typical emergency departments also provide care...
The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Is Live
It just got easier for emergency physicians to obtain medical licenses in multiple states. For decades, most...
ACEP’s Clinical Emergency Data Registry to Lead Way for Emergency Medicine Quality
As part of its ongoing commitment to assist emergency physicians with providing the highest quality of emergency...
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower's chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG...
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to...
Ovarian Vein Thrombosis Diagnosis, Management Tips for Emergency Physicians
The Case You’re getting in that first sip of coffee at 7:05 a.m. as your colleague continues...
Emergency Ocular Ultrasonography to Measure Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter
A 40-year-old woman presented to our emergency department complaining of left hemiparesis and headache. She was awake...
Techniques for Performing Paramedian Approach to Lumbar Puncture
Lumbar puncture is an essential skill for emergency physicians and the gold standard diagnostic procedure allowing for...
Novel Telemedicine Approaches Offer Direct-to-Patient Services, Peer-to-Peer Support for Providers
Telemedicine can be defined as “the remote delivery of health care services and clinical information using telecommunications...
What Emergency Physicians Need to Know about Estate Planning
Q. What do I need to know about estate planning before I meet with an estate planning...
Patient Flow Improvements to Boost Efficiency in Small Emergency Departments
The emergency department at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, wanted to take its operational performance...
ACEP Announces Board, Council Candidates for October 2017 Election
At its meeting in April, the ACEP Board of Directors was advised by ACEP Council Speaker James...
ACEP Past President Dr. Robert E. Suter Receives Surgeon General‘s Award for Military Academic Excellence
ACEP Past President Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP, COL, MC, received the prestigious Major General Lewis...
Gratitude from Families Helps Emergency Physician Appreciate Career, Life
It was my second shift in the SNICU. She was my third elderly female status post a...
ACEP Now Readers Comment on ACEP Ethics Committe Censure of Dr. Peter Rosen
I would like to compliment Dr. Sullivan and the Ethics Committee on their censure of Dr. Rosen....
Billing, Coding Tips for In-House Emergency Consultations
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
