ACEP16 Preconference Workshops Feature Education in Procedural Skills, Labs
Featuring consistently sold-out cadaver labs, preconference labs and workshops at ACEP16 are sure to improve your skills….
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ACEP16 Preconference Workshops Feature Education in Procedural Skills, Labs
Featuring consistently sold-out cadaver labs, preconference labs and workshops at ACEP16 are sure to improve your skills.... -
Quest Diagnostics Says Its Zika Virus Test Gets U.S. Approval
Quest Diagnostics Inc. says it has received emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... -
Point-of-Care Testing for Trichomoniasis May Lead to Better Treatment
Point-of-care (POC) testing for Trichomonas vaginalis in the emergency department may lead to more accurate treatment of...
Point-of-Care Testing for Trichomoniasis May Lead to Better Treatment
Point-of-care (POC) testing for Trichomonas vaginalis in the emergency department may lead to more accurate treatment of…
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Challenge Implementing Choosing Wisely Recommendations at Bedside
Editor’s Note: We received many responses to February’s article, “Time to Walk the Walk: Choosing Wisely and…
C. Difficile, Monospot Tests Often Not Effective in Pediatric Patients
As educators, we love—and are always humbled by—those moments when we get to say, “I don’t know.”…
Diagnostic Testing Usage Data Can Help Emergency Physicians Manage Utilization
Diagnostic testing options available to emergency physicians continue to expand. The conflicts over the use and cost…
Praise for Evidence-Based Advice on Prescribing Antibiotics, Testing Blood Cultures
Dr. Radecki, I appreciate the extensive review of the research in regards to the perils of providing…
Blood Culture Testing: Send Samples Selectively to Lower Costs, Medico-Legal Risk
Your last patient on a shift is a 55-year-old well-appearing woman with fever and cough in whom…
Physical Exam Critical to Rule Out Unnecessary Lab Tests
I am writing in response to the article “The Death of the Physical Exam” by Shari Welch,…
Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine
Continual improvement of safe, effective care delivery is a goal of every clinician. Involving our patients in…