Senior-Friendly Emergency Departments Combine Care-Model Innovation With Local Adaptation
Health care systems worldwide are grappling with a 21st-century reality for emergency medicine: While we thought EM…
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Senior-Friendly Emergency Departments Combine Care-Model Innovation With Local Adaptation
Health care systems worldwide are grappling with a 21st-century reality for emergency medicine: While we thought EM... -
Radiation Therapy Overuse Spikes in the Emergency Department
Can you remember the last time you worked a shift in the emergency department and ordered zero... -
Run, Hide, Fight: How to React When There’s Gunfire in the Emergency Department
Once considered places of sanctuary from violence, hospitals are now becoming desecrated by the ravages of a...
Radiation Therapy Overuse Spikes in the Emergency Department
Can you remember the last time you worked a shift in the emergency department and ordered zero…
Run, Hide, Fight: How to React When There’s Gunfire in the Emergency Department
Once considered places of sanctuary from violence, hospitals are now becoming desecrated by the ravages of a…
Nonurgent Emergency Department Patients Might Still Be Admitted to Hospital
Patients assigned a “nonurgent” status on arrival in the emergency room might still be sick enough to…
Non-Operative Management Effective in Severe Splenic Injury
In patients with high-grade splenic injury, non-operative management (NOM) can be as effective as immediate splenectomy (IS),…
Aggressive TIA Therapy May Cut Serious Stroke Risk by Half
New data from centers that aggressively treat transient ischemia attacks (TIAs) offer new evidence that quick action…
Naloxone Distribution to Patients in Emergency Department Raises Controversy
The article “Naloxone Distribution Strategies Needed in Emergency Departments” by Samuels et al (ACEP Now, March 2016)…
Ultrasound-Guided Glenohumeral Joint Evaluation and Aspiration
Evaluation of the patient with the painful shoulder can be difficult in the emergency department. The septic…
Ketamine Effective for Agitated, Aggressive Emergency Department Patients
Ketamine may be a safe and effective agent to sedate agitated and aggressive emergency department patients who…
ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes to Use for Zika Virus Documentation
CPT codes are updated annually, typically on Jan. 1, and describe the cognitive and procedural care provided…