Emergency Departments Need Plan to Deal with Drug Shortages
In recent years, there have been countless unprecedented, unexpected, and unplanned short-term medication shortages and ever more…
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Emergency Departments Need Plan to Deal with Drug Shortages
In recent years, there have been countless unprecedented, unexpected, and unplanned short-term medication shortages and ever more... -
Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma
Myth 1: CTPA Is the Incontrovertible Standard for PE Today’s imaging standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) is... -
More than One-Third of U.S. Adults Prescribed Opioids in 2015
The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests...
Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma
Myth 1: CTPA Is the Incontrovertible Standard for PE Today’s imaging standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) is…
More than One-Third of U.S. Adults Prescribed Opioids in 2015
The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests…
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Is Rare but Serious Complication of E. Coli Infection
The Case A 3-year-old boy with watery diarrhea for the past three days as well as vomiting…
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Can Benefit Some at Age 90 and Older
People in their nineties and older represent a tiny but growing fraction of patients who undergo percutaneous…
ACS-Designated Trauma Centers have Fewer Complications at Extremes of Age
Hospitals designated as trauma centers by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have lower complication rates than…
Fewer Admissions for Heart Failure, but Blacks Still Fare Worse than Whites
Between 2002 and 2013, hospital admissions for heart failure fell by nearly a third in the U.S.,…
Emergency Medicine Residents Launch EMPower Podcast Series
Remember the first time you felt “at home” in emergency medicine—like you were in the right place…
New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling Helps Ensure Patient Care Across State Lines
A recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision has huge professional liability ramifications for physicians treating patients from…
Latest Research on Nonoperative Treatment of Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients
The Case Johnny is a 10-year-old boy who presents to the emergency department after a 24-hour history…