Does flu vaccination help your heart?
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Does flu vaccination help your heart?
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Chemical Restraint in the ED
Chemical Restraint in the ED Sudden violence in the emergency department (ED) remains a common problem. Psychiatric... -
ACS In the Pregnant Patient
Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare entity in the parturient population occurring in 3 to...
Chemical Restraint in the ED
Chemical Restraint in the ED Sudden violence in the emergency department (ED) remains a common problem. Psychiatric…
ACS In the Pregnant Patient
Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare entity in the parturient population occurring in 3 to…
Choosing to Bridge the Gap
One afternoon a few years back, my second patient of the shift was a 60-year-old female, June…
PTSD in Children After Dog Bites
A physician acquaintance of mine is on a mission to promote awareness, especially in emergency physicians, of…
Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis
Introduction Emergency physicians perform abdominal paracentesis both for diagnostic sampling of peritoneal fluid and for therapeutic drainage…
What Do ACOs Mean For EM?
By virtue of its prominence at the beginning of the cycle of care, emergency medicine will likely…
Road Map for a Makeshift Tap
When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we…
One That Made Me Happy, One That Made Me Sad
I recently came across two articles pertaining to the peri-intubation; one made me very happy (b/c it…
Bedside Ultrasound Assessment of Left Ventricular Function
Emergency physicians must often manage critically ill patients whose hemodynamic status is unclear, especially early in the…