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How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided TAP Block for Appendicitis Pain

Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the...
How to Effectively Block an Acutely Fractured Distal Radius

Distal radius fractures (commonly called Colles’ or Smith’s fractures) are often encountered in the emergency department, with...
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...

How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided TAP Block for Appendicitis Pain

May 17, 2019 - Arun Nagdev, MD, Sally Mahmoud, MD, and Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the…

October 16, 2018 - Josh Luftig, PA; Daniel Mantuani, MD; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 2 Comments

Distal radius fractures (commonly called Colles’ or Smith’s fractures) are often encountered in the emergency department, with…

July 18, 2018 - Arun Nagdev, MD; Graham Brant-Zawadzki, MD; and Andrew Herring, MD - 0 Comment

Ultrasound-guided nerve block (UGNB) is an extremely useful technique for emergency physicians as a multimodal approach to…

May 1, 2018 - Kevin Gardner, MD; Eben Clattenburg, MD; Peter Wroe, MD; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 2 Comments

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a powerful diagnostic tool in the emergency department. To identify reversible causes of…

January 25, 2018 - Michael LaJeunesse MD; Aaron Cronin PA-C, DSc; Maria Takahashi MD; Joshua Knudsen PA-C; and Arun Nagdev MD - 5 Comments

Annually, more than 300,000 adults older than age 65 are hospitalized for hip fractures, which frequently result…

March 14, 2017 - Arun Nagdev, MD; Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH; Edward Durant, MD; & Andrew Herring, MD - 3 Comments

Pain management of the acutely injured patient with rib fractures can be difficult for even the most…

October 13, 2016 - Peter Wroe, MD, and Arun Nagdev, MD - 0 Comment

While forearm nerve blocks provide excellent anesthesia for hand injuries (fractures, dislocations, lacerations, abscesses), they don’t provide…

June 15, 2016 - Arun Nagdev, MD - 0 Comment

Evaluation of the patient with the painful shoulder can be difficult in the emergency department. The septic…

December 15, 2015 - Charmiane Lieu, MD, Gerin River, MD, Daniel Mantuani, MPH, MD, and Arun Nagdev, MD - 2 Comments

Central venous catheter placement is an essential procedure in emergency medicine, with the internal jugular vein (IJV)…

August 13, 2015 - Brian Johnson, MD, MPH, Emily Lovallo, MD, Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH, and Arun Nagdev, MD - 1 Comment

The warm, swollen knee is a common complaint in the emergency department, with joint aspiration being the…

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