Study Highlights Lack of Outpatient Services, Even For Insured Patients
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Disciplines Clash Over Opioid Abuse Research
This month, we offer the second installment of our new feature in ACEP Now that highlights key…
The Danger Assessment Tool Determines Patients’ Risk of Domestic Abuse
The Case Anna comes to your emergency department after her boyfriend hit her several times in the…
How to Help Victims of Intimate-Partner Violence
The Case A 32-year-old female with facial injuries is brought to the emergency department by her sister….
Restrictive Covenants in Emergency Medicine Employment Contracts
This month we introduce a new feature in ACEP Now that will highlight key research studies published…
Acetaminophen Overdose Diagnosis and Treatment
The Case The patient is a 17-year-old non-English-speaking Bengali female with no past medical history who presented…
How to Implement Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Your ED
Ultrasound-guided nerve block (UGNB) is an extremely useful technique for emergency physicians as a multimodal approach to…
ACEP Revises Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Policy
In February 2018, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a revised clinical policy on the evaluation and…
Treating Ingested Button Batteries in Kids
Question 2: In children with ingested button batteries in the stomach, which patients are at the highest…
Are Pediatric Lungs Just Little Adult Lungs?
Question 1: For pediatric asthma, does albuterol and ipratropium (combined) show benefit over albuterol alone? Depending on…