Coding Wizard: Critical Care Services Involving a Resident
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
How Emergency Physicians Are Working to Prevent Firearm Injury
As emergency physicians, we are the first and often the only physicians to see victims of firearm…
A Rash Plus Abdominal Pain May Equal Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Question 1: For children diagnosed with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), what percentage develop abdominal pain prior to developing…
Corticosteroids for Pediatric Pneumonia
Question: Do steroids improve clinical outcomes in cases of pediatric pneumonia? A Cochrane meta-analysis by Stern et…
Meet the Emergitones: A Melody of Jazz and Emergency Medicine
The members of The Emergitones have two main things in common: They are all talented musicians, and…
High-Yield Ocular Ultrasound Applications in the ED, Part 2
Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1. Part 3. The Case Monday, 23:00—You notice a worried…
Acetaminophen Overdose—Was It Extended- or Immediate-Release Pills?
The initial questions a health care professional asks when a patient presents with an acetaminophen overdose are,…
How to Evaluate Strangulation
The Case A 26-year-old female presents to the emergency department, stating that her husband assaulted her. She…
Dr. Trish Blair: The Impact of True Leadership is Never Lost
P atricia (Trish) Blair, MD, a co-founder of the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians (AAWEP), has died…
ED-Initiated Medication-Assisted Therapy: 1 Hospital’s Experience
By now, you would literally have to be living under a rock not to be aware of…