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….
Pain Management
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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.... -
Pain Scales Often Fail to Capture What ED Patients Feel
(Reuters Health) – Asking patients in the emergency department to rate their pain on a visual scale... -
ACEP’s New Pain Management Section Provides Venue to Discuss Pain Topics, Opioid Addiction
Emergency medicine pain management can be painful, but it doesn’t have to be. I recently finished a...
Pain Scales Often Fail to Capture What ED Patients Feel
(Reuters Health) – Asking patients in the emergency department to rate their pain on a visual scale…
ACEP’s New Pain Management Section Provides Venue to Discuss Pain Topics, Opioid Addiction
Emergency medicine pain management can be painful, but it doesn’t have to be. I recently finished a…
Oral Prednisolone Relieves Pain in Acute Gout
Oral prednisolone offers pain relief similar to that provided by indomethacin in patients with acute gout, according…
World Health Organization Recommendations for Community Management of Opioid Overdose Reviewed by ACEP Clinical Policies Committee
Editor’s Note: The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies….
Muscle Relaxants, Opioids Offer No Benefit for Low Back Pain
People who arrived at the emergency department with severe low back pain didn’t experience more relief with…
Patient-Controlled Analgesia Works in the Emergency Department
Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) can be used effectively in emergency department patients dealing with moderate or severe…
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…
The Sixth Vital Sign
Pain control is very important. Over the past decade or so, you’d have to have been in…