In-hospital Strokes Evaluated, Treated More Slowly Than Those Occurring in the Community
Strokes that happen in the hospital aren’t evaluated and treated as quickly as strokes that happen in…
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In-hospital Strokes Evaluated, Treated More Slowly Than Those Occurring in the Community
Strokes that happen in the hospital aren’t evaluated and treated as quickly as strokes that happen in... -
Bougienage Good Alternative for Treating Retained Esophageal Coins
Children, for whatever reason, have a predilection for swallowing coins. Perhaps it’s the taste or that they’re... -
How To Build a Substitute for a Hurst Dilator for Use in Bougienage
Hurst dilators are reusable, flexible silicone-based devices that are more commonly used for dilatation of benign esophageal...
Bougienage Good Alternative for Treating Retained Esophageal Coins
Children, for whatever reason, have a predilection for swallowing coins. Perhaps it’s the taste or that they’re…
How To Build a Substitute for a Hurst Dilator for Use in Bougienage
Hurst dilators are reusable, flexible silicone-based devices that are more commonly used for dilatation of benign esophageal…
Endovascular Intervention for Stroke May Become Alternative to tPA
For the last decade and a half, patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke have had one active…
ACEP Toxicology Section Launches Poison Antidote Mobile App
The ACEP Toxicology Section has created and published the Antidote app, a succinct mobile resource designed for…
Opinion: Freestanding Emergency Centers Increase Access to Care, Decrease Physician Burnout
Editor’s Note: This editorial from ACEP’s Freestanding Emergency Centers Section is a response to “Why Freestanding, Physician-…
Opinion: Prehospital Naloxone Administration Is Safe
In the January 2015 ACEP Now article “True Cost of Stopping Overdoses,” Paul Kivela, MD, MBA, PhD,…
Regional Anesthesia an Alternative to Opioids in the Emergency Department
As discussed in previous issues, the availability of options for severe pain control other than opioids has…
Can Radiographs of Gunshot Wounds Determine Bullet Caliber?
You have just finished resuscitating a gunshot victim who has a wound to his chest. The bullet…
Testosterone to Slow Aging in Men Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk
The Case “I told him he never should have started that medication,” said the patient’s worried wife….
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