Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence…
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Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence... -
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the... -
Reflections on Afghanistan
Members from the Government Services chapter of ACEP reflect on memories from their time serving overseas ...
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the…
Reflections on Afghanistan
Members from the Government Services chapter of ACEP reflect on memories from their time serving overseas …
Thrombolysis in Stroke Mimics Is Not Harmless
If you have trained in emergency medicine in the past 10 years, thrombolysis for acute stroke is…
Massive Hemorrhage Protocols: The 7 Ts
Outcomes in polytrauma depend not only on prompt recognition of occult shock and early source control of…
Reader Suggests We Take a Team Approach to Compartment Syndrome
I read the October ACEP Now article “Spot and Treat Compartment Syndrome” by Dr. Long and Dr….
Tips for Quickly Diagnosing Compartment Syndrome
The Case A 28-year-old male presents after a motorcycle crash. He has right lower leg pain and…
As Popular SMACC Critical Care Conference Ends, a New One Rises
In 2013, Scott Weingart, MD, FACEP (@emcrit), declared SMACC (which stands for Social Media and Critical Care),…
Coding Wizard: Critical Care Services Involving a Resident
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Similar Thrombectomy Benefits for Transferred “Late-Window” Stroke Patients
Functional outcomes after thrombectomy for ischemic stroke in the late window are similar for transferred patients and…