Vitamin C Not a Magical Cure for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Is a vitamin C–based cocktail the cure for severe sepsis and septic shock? If you read headlines...
ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 02 – February 2020
How to Support Breastfeeding at Conferences and Testing Centers
Physicians have been taught to advocate for breastfeeding with our patients; however, our profession makes it challenging...
ACEP Can Help You Navigate Payment Models and Maximize Payments
Over the last several years, there has been a movement away from reimbursing health care practitioners based...
Emergency Medicine in Norway
In February 2013, I was contacted by a Norwegian anesthesiologist who had heard through the grapevine that...
When Do Patients Arrive in the Emergency Department?
Most emergency departments have a recognizable patient arrival pattern. This graph depicts the average pattern of select...
FACEPs in the Crowd: Drs. Edens, Smith, and Cornelius
Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP, EM residency director at Louisiana Health Shreveport,...
Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1...
Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration...
Learn to Spot and Treat Cauda Equina Syndrome
The Case A 58-year-old male presents with worsening lower back pain. He has a history of L4/L5...
5 Tips to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Emergency Department
You may already know the names: vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)...
By the Numbers: Teen Dating Violence
1.5 Million high school students report experiencing physical violence perpetrated by a dating partner each year (source)...
2019 Research Highlights: Seizures, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Arrest, and Sepsis
Each year, the medical evidence piles inexorably higher. Even though it’s literally impossible to keep up, we...
Coding Wizard: Vaping-Related Illness
A new ICD-10 diagnosis code for vaping-related illness (U07.0, vaping-related disorder) has been assigned due to the...
Medicaid Expansion Has Helped Patients and Docs in States that Opted In
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought about massive changes to the structure of...
Researchers Probe Effects of the ACA’s Expanded Coverage on EDs
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article....
ACEP Working with The Joint Commission on Common Concerns
After conducting an all-member survey to collect feedback about concerning The Joint Commission (TJC) regulations, ACEP has...
Nominate Your Peers Now for National ACEP Awards
ACEP is accepting nominations for the 2020 ACEP Leadership & Excellence Awards, which annually honor members distinguishing...
ACEP Board of Directors Nominations Due March 16
The ACEP Nominating Committee is accepting individual and component body recommendations for the ACEP Board of Directors....
Opinion: We Shouldn’t Compromise on Moral Convictions
I noticed in the “News from the College Section” of the December 2019 issue of ACEP Now...
