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Case Presentation

  • Cluster of Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Cases Intrigues Boston Physicians

    The Cases In November 2015, a neurologist in the Boston area reported four cases of an uncommon...
  • Zoanthid Corals in Home Aquariums Present Risk of Lower Extremity Weakness

    Zoanthid corals are commonly kept in home aquariums. They produce a potent palytoxin that has various neurologic...
  • How to Use End-tidal Capnography to Monitor Asthmatic Patients

    The clinical exam is inherently subjective from one provider to another, but it has even been shown...

Cluster of Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Cases Intrigues Boston Physicians

May 2, 2017 - Jed A. Barash, MD, Nick Somerville, MD, and Alfred DeMaria Jr., MD - 0 Comment

The Cases In November 2015, a neurologist in the Boston area reported four cases of an uncommon…

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Zoanthid Corals in Home Aquariums Present Risk of Lower Extremity Weakness

December 20, 2016 - Wenxia Zhao, MD, and J. Michael Ballester, MD - 0 Comment

Zoanthid corals are commonly kept in home aquariums. They produce a potent palytoxin that has various neurologic…

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How to Use End-tidal Capnography to Monitor Asthmatic Patients

September 10, 2015 - Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH, and Justin McNamee, DO - 0 Comment

The clinical exam is inherently subjective from one provider to another, but it has even been shown…

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Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness

August 13, 2015 - James Augustine, MD, FACEP, and John Scott, DO, FACEP - 0 Comment

On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male…

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How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department

August 13, 2015 - Rebecca Goett, MD, Marny Fetzer, MD, Kate Aberger, MD, FACEP, and Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA - 0 Comment

Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in…

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Should Families Watch CPR in the Emergency Department?

June 15, 2015 - Catherine A. Marco, MD, John Jesus, MD, Elizabeth Phillips, MD, MA, and Gregory Luke Larkin, MD, MSPH - 2 Comments

The Case A 72-year-old man is brought in by emergency medical services in full cardiac arrest. He…

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Testosterone to Slow Aging in Men Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk

April 14, 2015 - James Lim, MD, Anjali Hulbanni, MD, and Edward Chew, MD - 3 Comments

The Case “I told him he never should have started that medication,” said the patient’s worried wife….

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When Do You Stop Trying to Resuscitate a Patient?

April 14, 2015 - Elizabeth M. Phillips, MD, MA, Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP, John Jesus, MD, David H. Wang, MD, and Gregory Luke Larkin, MD, MS, MSPH, FACEP - 0 Comment

The Case A frantic call comes in on the box: “CPR in progress—three minutes out!” Emergency medical…

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Tips for Relieving Increased Intraocular Pressure

March 16, 2015 - Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH, Justin McNamee, DO, and Nilesh Patel, DO, FACOEP, FAAEM and Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH, Justin McNamee, DO, and Nilesh Patel, DO, FACOEP, FAAEM - 2 Comments

The Case A 24-year-old male presents to the ED late Saturday night after leaving the local watering…

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Rat-Bite Fever’s Non-Specific Symptoms Make Patient History Important for Diagnosis

March 16, 2015 - Nicole Vetter, MD - 2 Comments

The Case Chief complaint: fever and rash. I stare at the triage notes of the eight-year-old female…

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ACEP February 2019

ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 02 – February 2019

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With regard to state legislative activity regulating the opioid prescribing practices of emergency physicians, which of the following wouId you support? Check all that apply.

  • Restrictions on duration (36%, 229 Votes)
  • Restrictions of quantity (34%, 219 Votes)
  • Mandatory checking of prescription drug monitoring systems for all opioid prescriptions from the ED (30%, 194 Votes)

Total Voters: 367

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