Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis remains an important diagnosis in emergency medicine, accounting for more than 220,000 hospital admissions a…
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I Want Out of the Guilt Journal Club
I don’t know how well you keep up with your professional reading, but I gave up years…
For Auld Lang Syne
This time of year I find myself thinking of people and times gone by. Memories come in…
Making NG Tube Placement Less Horrendous
Placing a nasogastric tube is a lot like cooking rice: If you rush it, you’ll end up…
Bedside Biliary Ultrasound
Hepatobiliary disease is listed in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal…
Payment for ECG Interpretations: ACEP Finalizes Settlement
ACEP, as a signatory society in the medical societies’ class settlement with Humana, has finalized an agreement…
Scientific Assembly Shatters Attendance Record
A new attendance record was set with more than 5,970 4-day paid registrants and about a thousand…
Get the Latest Research in Annals
Here is a quick look at two articles published in the November issue of Annals of Emergency…
EMS the Newest Subspecialty of Emergency Medicine
A subspecialty of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was approved in late September by the American Board of…
Weightism in Health Care
More than 30% of the American population is obese.1 Studies have repeatedly demonstrated a bias against obese…