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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 02 – February 2020

Vitamin C Not a Magical Cure for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Feb 04, 2020 - By

Is a vitamin C–based cocktail the cure for severe sepsis and septic shock? If you read headlines...

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How to Support Breastfeeding at Conferences and Testing Centers

Feb 18, 2020 - By Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH; Lara D. Vogel, MD, MBA; and Shada A. Rouhani, MD, MPH

Physicians have been taught to advocate for breastfeeding with our patients; however, our profession makes it challenging...

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ACEP Can Help You Navigate Payment Models and Maximize Payments

Feb 18, 2020 - By Jeffrey Davis

Over the last several years, there has been a movement away from reimbursing health care practitioners based...

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From Left: Kåre Løvstakken, MD, project leader at AHUS; Gayle Galletta, MD, FACEP; and Lars Petter Bjørnsen, MD, FACEP, founder of Norwegian Society of Emergency Medicine, at the Society’s fourth national symposium on emergency medicine, November 2014, Trondheim, Norway.

Emergency Medicine in Norway

Feb 18, 2020 - By Gayle Galletta, MD, FACEP

In February 2013, I was contacted by a Norwegian anesthesiologist who had heard through the grapevine that...

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When Do Patients Arrive in the Emergency Department?

Feb 18, 2020 - By Sam Ashoo, MD, FACEP

Most emergency departments have a recognizable patient arrival pattern. This graph depicts the average pattern of select...

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FACEPs in the Crowd: Drs. Edens, Smith, and Cornelius

Feb 18, 2020 - By

Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP, EM residency director at Louisiana Health Shreveport,...

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Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle

Feb 18, 2020 - By Kevin Lozo and Lewis S. Nelson, MD

Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1...

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Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue

Feb 18, 2020 - By Rachel Haroz, MD; Gerard G. Carroll, MD; and Reuben J. Strayer, MD

Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration...

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Scott Camazine/Science Source MRI of the lumbar spine of a 29-year-old female diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome.

Learn to Spot and Treat Cauda Equina Syndrome

Feb 18, 2020 - By Brit Long, MD, FACEP, and Alex Koyfman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

The Case A 58-year-old male presents with worsening lower back pain. He has a history of L4/L5...

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5 Tips to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Emergency Department

Feb 18, 2020 - By Robert Redwood, MD, MPH, FACEP; Larissa May, MD, MSPH, MSHS; and Michael Pulia, MD, MS, FACEP

You may already know the names: vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)...

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By the Numbers: Teen Dating Violence

Feb 18, 2020 - By

1.5 Million high school students report experiencing physical violence perpetrated by a dating partner each year (source)...

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10 of the Best Medical Journal Articles from 2018

2019 Research Highlights: Seizures, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Arrest, and Sepsis

Feb 18, 2020 - By

Each year, the medical evidence piles inexorably higher. Even though it’s literally impossible to keep up, we...

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Coding Wizard

Coding Wizard: Vaping-Related Illness

Feb 18, 2020 - By Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CAC, CCSP, CAC

A new ICD-10 diagnosis code for vaping-related illness (U07.0, vaping-related disorder) has been assigned due to the...

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Medicaid Expansion Has Helped Patients and Docs in States that Opted In

Feb 18, 2020 - By

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought about massive changes to the structure of...

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Researchers Probe Effects of the ACA’s Expanded Coverage on EDs

Feb 18, 2020 - By Gregory Jasani, MD

Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article....

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ACEP Working with The Joint Commission on Common Concerns

Feb 18, 2020 - By

After conducting an all-member survey to collect feedback about concerning The Joint Commission (TJC)  regulations, ACEP has...

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Nominate Your Peers Now for National ACEP Awards

Feb 18, 2020 - By

ACEP is accepting nominations for the 2020 ACEP Leadership & Excellence Awards, which annually honor members distinguishing...

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ACEP Board of Directors Nominations Due March 16

Feb 18, 2020 - By

The ACEP Nominating Committee is accepting individual and component body recommendations for the ACEP Board of Directors....

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Opinion: We Shouldn’t Compromise on Moral Convictions

Feb 18, 2020 - By Joseph M. Soler, MD, FACEP

I noticed in the “News from the College Section” of the December 2019 issue of ACEP Now...

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