How to Recognize and Act on Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide
Women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of perpetrator. One in…
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How to Recognize and Act on Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide
Women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of perpetrator. One in... -
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for... -
Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture...
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for…
Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture…
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available…
New Decision Instruments That Predict Risk of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction May Make TIMI Score Obsolete
Risk-stratification tools such as the HEART Score, EDACS score, and North American Chest Pain Rule may replace…
Opioid Risk Tool Pegs Addiction Likelihood at Less Than 0.2% for Low-Risk Chronic-Pain Patients
With no perfect way to assess risk, an objective tool combined with urine drug testing can help…
The Filtering of Medical Evidence Has Clearly Failed
Let me tell you about this fabulous new test – it’s far better than the old tests,…
Critical Decisions: Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease – Part Two
From the EM Model 8.0 Hematologic Disorders 8.5 Red Blood Cell Disorders Editors Note: In last month’s…
Critical Decisions: Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease – Part One
From the EM Model 8.0 Hematologic Disorders 8.5 Red Blood Cell Disorders Sickle cell disease (SCD) is…