Monday Product and Service Showcases Keep You Up To Speed
Get up to speed on new products with the ACEP18 Product Showcases. These educational and product-oriented sessions…
Pulmonary Embolism
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Monday Product and Service Showcases Keep You Up To Speed
Get up to speed on new products with the ACEP18 Product Showcases. These educational and product-oriented sessions... -
Highlights from the ACEP17 Research Forum
The ACEP Research Forum, held at our annual scientific meeting, focuses on cutting edge research. In 2017,... -
When Is Ventilation-Perfusion Imaging Appropriate for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism?
Appropriate use criteria (AUC) have been developed for many conditions and clinical scenarios by medical specialties over...
Highlights from the ACEP17 Research Forum
The ACEP Research Forum, held at our annual scientific meeting, focuses on cutting edge research. In 2017,…
When Is Ventilation-Perfusion Imaging Appropriate for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism?
Appropriate use criteria (AUC) have been developed for many conditions and clinical scenarios by medical specialties over…
How Common is Pulmonary Embolism in Pediatric Patients?
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love, and are always humbled…
Pearls from Emergency Medicine Literature on Pulmonary Problems, Bleeding, Evaluating Pediatric Injuries, and More
Last month, I highlighted some of the most impactful, talked-about, or interesting articles published across the spectrum…
Adjusting D-Dimer Test Thresholds Could Reduce Unnecessary Imaging
Nearly every strategy addressing the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) revolves around the D-dimer test. These crosslink…
Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma
Myth 1: CTPA Is the Incontrovertible Standard for PE Today’s imaging standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) is…
Pulmonary Embolism Prevalence Examined in Patients with Syncope
“Have you thought about pulmonary embolism [PE]? I’ll come see the patient, but would you mind putting…
Pulmonary Emboli May Be an Under-Recognized Cause of Syncope
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study of 560 Italians hospitalized for syncope has found that nearly…
Clinical Pearls: The Best and worst of emergency medicine abstracts
Attendees were treated to an irreverent and timely review of 15 studies published in the last year….