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ACEP Now: Vol 36 – No 08 – August 2017

2017 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect Candidates

2017 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect Candidates

Aug 14, 2017 - By

Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The...

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How to Manage Emergency Department Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Aug 16, 2017 - By Yenisleidy Paez Perez, DO; and Terrance McGovern, DO

In previous decades, the therapies for congestive heart failure (CHF) were limited both with respect to options...

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Does Cellulitis Treatment Need to Cover MRSA Infection?

Aug 15, 2017 - By David A. Talan, MD

The questions I get asked most are, “How do you treat cellulitis? Do I need to cover...

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Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma

Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma

Aug 14, 2017 - By

Myth 1: CTPA Is the Incontrovertible Standard for PE Today’s imaging standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) is...

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Emergency Departments Need Plan to Deal with Drug Shortages

Emergency Departments Need Plan to Deal with Drug Shortages

Aug 15, 2017 - By

In recent years, there have been countless unprecedented, unexpected, and unplanned short-term medication shortages and ever more...

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Retire Early with No Tax Bill

Aug 08, 2017 - By

Q. One of my partners retired early and said she basically pays no taxes at all. Can...

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Clinical Decision Support Tools Can Help Emergency Physicians Put Guidelines into Practice

Aug 15, 2017 - By Nalani Tarrant, MPH

While there are many evidence-based guidelines and decision aids to guide imaging decisions in the emergency department...

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Adjusting D-Dimer Test Thresholds Could Reduce Unnecessary Imaging

Sep 05, 2017 - By

Nearly every strategy addressing the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) revolves around the D-dimer test. These crosslink...

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Low-Dose Ketamine Emerges as Effective Opioid Alternative

Low-Dose Ketamine Emerges as Effective Opioid Alternative

Aug 15, 2017 - By Reid K. Smith, MD; Anne Messman, MD, FACEP; and John Wilburn, MD, FACEP

Amid a national opioid epidemic, there is a search for other effective analgesics in the emergency department,...

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Emergency Physician Sidesteps Poor U.S. Maternity Leave Policy by Negotiating Her Own

Emergency Physician Sidesteps Poor U.S. Maternity Leave Practices by Negotiating Her Own

Aug 16, 2017 - By Sarah Hoper, MD, JD, FACEP

While I was pregnant, my husband and I decided to move closer to family. My due date...

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ACEP's Role at Fundraiser for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan an Example of Access to Legislators through NEMPAC

ACEP’s Role at Fundraiser for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan an Example of Access to Legislators through NEMPAC

Aug 14, 2017 - By Rebecca Parker, MD, FACEP

The value of access to legislators cannot be understated, and a strong political action committee (PAC) provides...

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FOAMcast

Medical Texting Tips and SMACC Conference Pearls for Emergency Physicians

Aug 15, 2017 - By Jeremy Samuel Faust, MD, MS; and Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH

Over the last three years, FOAMcast listeners have come to expect our podcast to serve as a...

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Coding Wizard

How to Code for Cardioversion

Aug 08, 2017 - By

Question: Can I bill for elective, external, electrical cardioversion in the emergency department? Answer: Absolutely, yes. There...

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ACEP Now Reader Suggests Alternative to Benzodiazepines for Treating Hyperthermia

Aug 16, 2017 - By Gary M. Gaddis, MD, PhD

Regarding the article “Benzos and Chill” in the December 2016 ACEP Now, I believe that Dr. Trafficant...

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Emergency Physicians Should Know Risks Entailed in Discharging Patients with Pending Blood Cultures

Aug 16, 2017 - By Charles A. Pilcher, MD, FACEP

I feel that your article [“Admit or Not?”, May 2017] in ACEP Now was a bit too...

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ACEP Now Wins APEX Award for Writing Excellence

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ACEP Now has received an APEX Award of Excellence for writing for “In The Aftermath of Gunfire” (January...

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