Long Emergency Department Boarding Times Drive Walkaways, Revenue Losses
Long emergency department boarding times drive walkaways—and big revenue losses
Emergency Medicine
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Long Emergency Department Boarding Times Drive Walkaways, Revenue Losses
Long emergency department boarding times drive walkaways—and big revenue losses -
After Acute ICH, Hypodensities in Hematoma May Predict Expansion
Hypodensities in a hematoma within the first 48 hours after an acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) may predict... -
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the ED: Exciting Medicine, Ethical Challenges
A previously healthy 45-year-old man is brought into the emergency department with chest pain and arrests immediately...
After Acute ICH, Hypodensities in Hematoma May Predict Expansion
Hypodensities in a hematoma within the first 48 hours after an acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) may predict…
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the ED: Exciting Medicine, Ethical Challenges
A previously healthy 45-year-old man is brought into the emergency department with chest pain and arrests immediately…
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Regulatory Burden or an Emergency Physician Function?
I had always assumed that I would remember my first code. I don’t, but I do remember…
Call for More Women in Emergency Medicine Sparks Online Debate Among ACEP Now Readers
The April 2016 ACEP Now article, “Emergency Medicine Workforce Needs More Women Physicians” by Kathleen Clem, MD,…
Should Emergency Departments Do Fewer Red Cell Transfusions, More IV Iron?
You might be surprised to learn that many of the patients who receive red cell transfusions in…
Telepsychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Services Can Reduce Mental Health Patient Boarding
Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a…
Gun Control Issue Fosters Pro–Con Advocacy Debate in Emergency Medicine
Gun violence is an ever-growing concern in the United States, and there’s no question that emergency physicians…
A Marriage of Old Data and New Concepts: New Sepsis Definitions Raise Concerns about Accuracy, Usefulness in Emergency Medicine
Sepsis can be a difficult condition to diagnose thanks in part to non-specific criteria; the definitions of…
Surviving an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Associated with Patients’ Floor in High-Rise Buildings
Case: A 49-year-old man calls 911 complaining of chest pain and then collapses while on the phone….