The Job Market in Emergency Medicine: Perspectives of Graduating Residents in 2023
The emergency medicine workforce is an important issue with ramifications for physicians relocating or retiring, medical students…
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Is Splenic Dysfunction Correlated with Sickle Cell Anemia in Kids?
Question 2: At what age do children with SCA become functionally asplenic? The spleen is important in…
ACEP to Host Stakeholder Summit to Address ED Boarding Crisis
A confluence of challenges is renewing the urgency to address one of emergency medicine’s seemingly intractable issues:…
Is it Time to Take Another Look at the State of Emergency Care in the U.S.?
It’s the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the…
Key Victories for Emergency Medicine at the State Level
Part of the ACEP mission is to expand and strengthen state advocacy. Chapter initiatives are making a…
VisualDX Answer: d) Retropharyneral Abscess
Answer: The correct answer is retropharyngeal abscess (d). A retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is an uncommon but serious…
VisualDX Question: What Is the Source of This Girl’s Neck Pain?
Question: A four-year-old girl presents with neck pain. A lateral neck radiograph is shown. What is the…
American Physican Partners’ Closing Raises Questions
When American Physician Partners (APP) of Brentwood, Tenn., one of the country’s largest physician staffing firms, announced…
Diagnosing Acute Rheumatic Fever in Kids
Question: What is the incidence of rheumatic fever in children in the United States? Acute rheumatic fever…
How to Grow Your Professional Network at ACEP23
Networking and making new friends in the specialty is one of the best parts about ACEP events…