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  • Coding for Pulse Oximetry

    Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
  • 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...
  • Prevalence of VTE in Syncope Patients Low; Routine Testing Unwarranted

    Less than 2 percent of patients hospitalized with syncope have venous thromboembolism (VTE), hint results of a...

Coding for Pulse Oximetry

September 28, 2017 - Hamilton Lempert, MD, FACEP, CEDC - 0 Comment

Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Is Rare but Serious Complication of E. Coli Infection

August 3, 2017 - Pingching N. Kwan, MD, FACEP; and Changyow C. Kwan, BS - 1 Comment

The Case A  3-year-old boy with watery diarrhea for the past three days as well as vomiting…

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Prevalence of VTE in Syncope Patients Low; Routine Testing Unwarranted

May 23, 2017 - Megan Brooks (Reuters Health) - 0 Comment

Less than 2 percent of patients hospitalized with syncope have venous thromboembolism (VTE), hint results of a…

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Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Virus RNA Test Shows Good Accuracy

May 22, 2017 - Scott Baltic (Reuters Health) - 0 Comment

A point-of-care test that can detect active infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) from a finger-stick sample…

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Should Emergency Department Patients with Pending Blood Cultures be Admitted?

May 15, 2017 - William Sullivan, DO, JD; Catherine A. Marco, MD; and Robert C. Solomon, MD, FACEP - 5 Comments

Question: Does this expert testimony reflect the standard of care in emergency medicine: “Ordering blood cultures necessitates…

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Novel Assay Detects Zika Virus in Less Than 15 Minutes

March 7, 2017 - Marilynn Larkin - 0 Comment

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A newly developed assay that rapidly detects Zika virus and can be…

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How to Handle Possible Ectopic Pregnancies in the Emergency Department

February 28, 2017 - Sigrid A. Hahn, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

In October 2016, the ACEP Board of Directors approved an update of the clinical policy on the…

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Point-of-Care Diagnostic Promising for Detection of Chikungunya Virus

November 28, 2016 - Marilynn Larkin - 0 Comment

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A newly developed reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) assay shows promise…

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Zika Vaccine Race Spurred by Crisis and Profit Potential

November 21, 2016 - Bill Berkrot - 0 Comment

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something…

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Improper Use of International Normalized Ratio Test Can Lead to Misuse of Resources, Patient Harm

October 9, 2016 - Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS - 0 Comment

There are many overused tests in the vastness of medicine, but few synthesize both overuse and inappropriateness…

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