Tips for Managing Weber B Ankle Fractures
In the emergency department, isolated fibular ankle fractures are frequently characterized using the Danis-Weber classification system. This…
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Tips for Managing Weber B Ankle Fractures
In the emergency department, isolated fibular ankle fractures are frequently characterized using the Danis-Weber classification system. This... -
Saline Load or CT: What’s the Best Test for Traumatic Arthrotomy?
The Case An 81-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a right knee injury after slipping... -
Emergency Physician Dr. Cataldo Corrado Jr. Reflects on 53-Year Career
Cataldo Corrado Jr., MD, FACEP, was the youngest of eight children. Named after his father, a family...
Saline Load or CT: What’s the Best Test for Traumatic Arthrotomy?
The Case An 81-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a right knee injury after slipping…
Emergency Physician Dr. Cataldo Corrado Jr. Reflects on 53-Year Career
Cataldo Corrado Jr., MD, FACEP, was the youngest of eight children. Named after his father, a family…
EMF Researcher Demonstrates the True Value of Emergency Care
The mission of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) is to invest in innovative clinical and health policy…
Tips for Coping with Dr. Google, Online Reviews, Social Media, and More
Your patients are online. You are online. How many of these scenarios ring true? “I did an…
Meningitis Test Could Reduce Unnecessary Admissions
Disclosure: Dr. Talan is a paid consultant for BioFire Diagnostics and has advised on the development of…
COVID-19 for the Emergency Physicians: What You Need to Know
COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus first reported in China on Dec. 31, 2019,…
Emergency Medicine in Norway
In February 2013, I was contacted by a Norwegian anesthesiologist who had heard through the grapevine that…
Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1…
Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration…