A Rare Emergency, or Just a Pain in the Back?
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Most emergency physicians aren’t overly worried about that 62-year-old patient presenting with back pain once they…
Pain and Palliative Care
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A Rare Emergency, or Just a Pain in the Back?
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Most emergency physicians aren’t overly worried about that 62-year-old patient presenting with back pain once they... -
The Latest Information on Diagnosing and Treating Headache
It only takes one subarachnoid hemorrhage misdiagnosed as a headache to cause a nightmare for an emergency... -
Discover Opioid Alternatives and How to Get Paid for Using Them
With the country’s opioid epidemic continuing to worsen, Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, an emergency physician at St....
The Latest Information on Diagnosing and Treating Headache
It only takes one subarachnoid hemorrhage misdiagnosed as a headache to cause a nightmare for an emergency…
Discover Opioid Alternatives and How to Get Paid for Using Them
With the country’s opioid epidemic continuing to worsen, Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, an emergency physician at St….
Make Quick Decisions About Airway Management
Although he’ll be speaking on “The Unexpected Difficult Airway: How to Avoid It and How to Manage…
Spot a Deadly Case of Back Pain
A presentation of nontraumautic back pain in the emergency department rarely leads to paralysis or death. But…
End-of-Life Discussions in the Emergency Department
The emergency department is a setting in which medicine is practiced with limited time and information and…
Tips on Treating Medical Emergencies at End of Life for Patients Who Don’t Want Resuscitation
Your patient has terminal metastatic cancer. In his record, you find a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment…
FDA Panel Backs Teva’s Abuse-Resistant Opioid Painkiller
A U.S. advisory panel recommended approving Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd’s long-acting opioid painkiller, Vantrela ER, saying data…
Benzodiazepine Prescriptions, Overdose Deaths on the Rise in U.S.
Even as opiate abuse has become a growing problem in the U.S., overdose deaths involving sedatives and…
ACEP Joins National Opioid Working Group
ACEP has joined dozens of other medical groups to participate in the U.S. Department of Health and…