ACEP Clinical Policies Committee reviews Gastroenterology Guideline Update
In 2021, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) published an update of their 2012 management guideline on…
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ACEP Clinical Policies Committee reviews Gastroenterology Guideline Update
In 2021, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) published an update of their 2012 management guideline on... -
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The location of our emergency department in the greater Palm Springs, California, area has likely contributed to... -
New Guidelines Aim to Help the Evaluation of Chest Pain
Emergency department evaluations for chest pain are common, accounting for approximately 5 percent of all ED visits....
How To Remove Incarcerating Metallic Penile Hardware
The location of our emergency department in the greater Palm Springs, California, area has likely contributed to…
New Guidelines Aim to Help the Evaluation of Chest Pain
Emergency department evaluations for chest pain are common, accounting for approximately 5 percent of all ED visits….
Now Available: New Point-of-Care Tools for Buprenorphine, AFIB
ACEP recently added two new point-of-care (POC) tools to its growing library. BUPE is a quick and…
Opinion: How the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Got Almost Everything Wrong
What could be wrong about a campaign to promote sepsis survival? Looking back on the history of…
Tips for Catching Commonly Missed Ankle Injuries
Written from the perspective of an emergency physician who also runs a weekly minor fracture clinic, this…
Online Clinical Tool for Post–Bariatric Surgery Patients Could Improve Management
Members of ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Practice Committee, along with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery,…
Published Clinical Decision Aids May Lack Validation
The physician life has never been “easier.” We live in a fortunate future, replete with information technology…
Control Hip Fracture Pain Without Opioids Using Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block
Annually, more than 300,000 adults older than age 65 are hospitalized for hip fractures, which frequently result…
Medical Improvisation and the Media
Medical improvisation is a subject with which I have had a lot of experience throughout my career….