2016 ACEP Council Reviews Public Policy, Resolutions at Annual Meeting
LAS VEGAS—The 2016 ACEP Council considered several resolutions during its annual meeting in October, including issues related…
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2016 ACEP Council Reviews Public Policy, Resolutions at Annual Meeting
LAS VEGAS—The 2016 ACEP Council considered several resolutions during its annual meeting in October, including issues related... -
Antibiotic Therapy for Abscesses Medical Dogma Challenged by Evidence-Based Research, Outcomes
Medicine has its dogma, but sometimes it’s wrong and, rarely, it’s challenged and disproved. Recall, “Pain meds... -
Doctors Beat Online Symptom Checkers in Diagnosis Contest
(Reuters Health) – Doctors are much better than symptom-checker programs at reaching a correct diagnosis, though they...
Antibiotic Therapy for Abscesses Medical Dogma Challenged by Evidence-Based Research, Outcomes
Medicine has its dogma, but sometimes it’s wrong and, rarely, it’s challenged and disproved. Recall, “Pain meds…
Doctors Beat Online Symptom Checkers in Diagnosis Contest
(Reuters Health) – Doctors are much better than symptom-checker programs at reaching a correct diagnosis, though they…
Pulmonary Emboli May Be an Under-Recognized Cause of Syncope
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study of 560 Italians hospitalized for syncope has found that nearly…
Antibiotic History of Hospital Bed May Increase Risk of Infection
(Reuters Health) – If the previous occupant of a hospital bed received antibiotics, the next patient who…
ACEP Now Readers Weigh in on Firearms, Gun Violence
What is missing from this is the public health perspective in preventing these tragedies. In particular, it…
4 Ways Emergency Physicians Can Help Reduce Racism in Their Hospitals
I am a black male who lives in two worlds. I am a physician in a busy…
Non-Inferiority Trial Research Can Be Inferior
The objective of non-inferiority trials is to compare a novel treatment to an active treatment, with a…
How to Perform Ultrasound-Guided Forearm Nerve Blocks to Provide Non-Drug Pain Relief for Acute Injuries
While forearm nerve blocks provide excellent anesthesia for hand injuries (fractures, dislocations, lacerations, abscesses), they don’t provide…
How to Conduct a Sexual Assault Examination and Collect Evidence
The Case: You’re working the overnight shift in a rural emergency department. The charge nurse says, “Tag,…