The Case A 28-year-old female presents with severe lower right quadrant pain. Her intermittent pain started three…
The percentage of patients receiving diagnostic imaging in the ED continues to increase. Although CT and ultrasound…
When assessing a patient with a suspected radiographically occult fracture, there are two options for the emergency…
I read with interest Dr. Milne’s recent column on paying patients $100 not to get a CT…
CT, or not CT, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the brain to suffer The…
The Case A 24-year-old female enters the emergency department after experiencing a brief loss of consciousness after…
Your first patient of the shift is a 40-year-old woman with a fever of 101 degrees Fahrenheit,…
Can you remember the last time you worked a shift in the emergency department and ordered zero…
In patients with thunderclap headache and normal neurological exam, a normal brain computed tomography (CT) scan can…
Diagnostic testing options available to emergency physicians continue to expand. The conflicts over the use and cost…