The Reperfusion Guidelines Finally Catch Up
“Time is myocardium.” Emergency, prehospital, and regional systems have been built around this slogan and are designed…
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The Reperfusion Guidelines Finally Catch Up
“Time is myocardium.” Emergency, prehospital, and regional systems have been built around this slogan and are designed... -
The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department
In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the... -
The Challenges of Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke
When compared to anterior circulation ischemic stroke, the presentation of posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS) is often...
The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department
In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the…
The Challenges of Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke
When compared to anterior circulation ischemic stroke, the presentation of posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS) is often…
How Military Medicine Has Influenced Emergency Medicine
An Amtrak train struck a dump truck on June 27, 2022, derailing and scattering its aluminum-colored cars…
Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence…
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the…
Reflections on Afghanistan
Members from the Government Services chapter of ACEP reflect on memories from their time serving overseas …
Thrombolysis in Stroke Mimics Is Not Harmless
If you have trained in emergency medicine in the past 10 years, thrombolysis for acute stroke is…
Massive Hemorrhage Protocols: The 7 Ts
Outcomes in polytrauma depend not only on prompt recognition of occult shock and early source control of…
Reader Suggests We Take a Team Approach to Compartment Syndrome
I read the October ACEP Now article “Spot and Treat Compartment Syndrome” by Dr. Long and Dr….