ED-Initiated Buprenorphine Cost-Effective for Opioid Dependence
Initiating buprenorphine in the emergency department (ED), followed by ongoing primary care with buprenorphine, is cost-effective for…
Emergency Medicine
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ED-Initiated Buprenorphine Cost-Effective for Opioid Dependence
Initiating buprenorphine in the emergency department (ED), followed by ongoing primary care with buprenorphine, is cost-effective for... -
Routine Oxygen Therapy Unnecessary with Suspected Heart Attack
Unless there is direct evidence of hypoxemia, giving oxygen to a person with a suspected heart attack... -
Blood Culture of Limited Value in Most Kids Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Routine blood cultures may not be necessary for most children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), researchers conclude...
Routine Oxygen Therapy Unnecessary with Suspected Heart Attack
Unless there is direct evidence of hypoxemia, giving oxygen to a person with a suspected heart attack…
Blood Culture of Limited Value in Most Kids Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Routine blood cultures may not be necessary for most children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), researchers conclude…
How to Manage Emergency Department Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
In previous decades, the therapies for congestive heart failure (CHF) were limited both with respect to options…
Emergency Physicians Should Know Risks Entailed in Discharging Patients with Pending Blood Cultures
I feel that your article [“Admit or Not?”, May 2017] in ACEP Now was a bit too…
Low-Dose Ketamine Emerges as Effective Opioid Alternative
Amid a national opioid epidemic, there is a search for other effective analgesics in the emergency department,…
Does Cellulitis Treatment Need to Cover MRSA Infection?
The questions I get asked most are, “How do you treat cellulitis? Do I need to cover…
Medical Texting Tips and SMACC Conference Pearls for Emergency Physicians
Over the last three years, FOAMcast listeners have come to expect our podcast to serve as a…
Clinical Decision Support Tools Can Help Emergency Physicians Put Guidelines into Practice
While there are many evidence-based guidelines and decision aids to guide imaging decisions in the emergency department…
