Low Risk of Brain Hemorrhage in Ground-Level Fall with Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants
Patients who take antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications have a low risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) associated with…
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Low Risk of Brain Hemorrhage in Ground-Level Fall with Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants
Patients who take antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications have a low risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) associated with... -
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower’s chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG... -
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to...
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower’s chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG…
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to…
Adverse Events Common, Often Avoidable in Hospitalized Patients on Antibiotics
About one in five patients who are prescribed antibiotics during a hospital stay experiences at least one…
Ovarian Vein Thrombosis Diagnosis, Management Tips for Emergency Physicians
The Case You’re getting in that first sip of coffee at 7:05 a.m. as your colleague continues…
Novel Telemedicine Approaches Offer Direct-to-Patient Services, Peer-to-Peer Support for Providers
Telemedicine can be defined as “the remote delivery of health care services and clinical information using telecommunications…
Emergency Ocular Ultrasonography to Measure Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter
A 40-year-old woman presented to our emergency department complaining of left hemiparesis and headache. She was awake…
Billing, Coding Tips for In-House Emergency Consultations
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Patient Flow Improvements to Boost Efficiency in Small Emergency Departments
The emergency department at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, wanted to take its operational performance…
ACEP Past President Dr. Robert E. Suter Receives Surgeon General‘s Award for Military Academic Excellence
ACEP Past President Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP, COL, MC, received the prestigious Major General Lewis…
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