The Emergency Exemption for Medicare’s Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)
You may have heard about the upcoming Medicare requirement to consult Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) through approved…
Imaging & Ultrasound
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The Emergency Exemption for Medicare’s Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)
You may have heard about the upcoming Medicare requirement to consult Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) through approved... -
Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Tied to Higher Cancer Risk in Kids
Exposure to diagnostic low-dose ionizing radiation and CT scans is associated with increased cancer incidence in children,... -
Simple Ischemic Stroke: Is There Really Such a Thing?
The Case A 50-year-old male with no known past medical history is brought to the emergency department...
Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Tied to Higher Cancer Risk in Kids
Exposure to diagnostic low-dose ionizing radiation and CT scans is associated with increased cancer incidence in children,…
Simple Ischemic Stroke: Is There Really Such a Thing?
The Case A 50-year-old male with no known past medical history is brought to the emergency department…
Tips for Diagnosing Occult Fractures in the Emergency Department
Written from the perspective of an emergency physician who also runs a weekly minor fracture clinic, this…
Can Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule Determine which Headache Patients Need More Tests?
The Case A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of a severe frontal…
Too Many CT Scans for Pediatric Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain
Emergency department (ED) computed tomography (CT) imaging rates for children with nontraumatic abdominal pain have changed little…
Too Many CT Scans for Pediatric Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain
Emergency department (ED) computed tomography (CT) imaging rates for children with nontraumatic abdominal pain have changed little…
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Don’t Need Ultrasound Certification from External Agencies
For those of you who haven’t been recently barraged by advertisements, a new organization called the Alliance…
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…
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…