Health Issues To Consider Among Transgender Patients
Conditions related to cross-sex hormone use, postoperative wounds, cardiovascular risk, and sexual and mental health concerns in…
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Health Issues To Consider Among Transgender Patients
Conditions related to cross-sex hormone use, postoperative wounds, cardiovascular risk, and sexual and mental health concerns in... -
CDC Reports Record Number of Malaria Cases in the U.S
Emergency physicians encouraged to review guidelines for diagnosing, treating this parasitic disease as infection rates reach highest... -
Does a 10-Item Physical Exam Add Value to Patient Care?
Why a general health check may become obsolete As every emergency physician knows, the practical exam required...
CDC Reports Record Number of Malaria Cases in the U.S
Emergency physicians encouraged to review guidelines for diagnosing, treating this parasitic disease as infection rates reach highest…
Does a 10-Item Physical Exam Add Value to Patient Care?
Why a general health check may become obsolete As every emergency physician knows, the practical exam required…
ED Leaders Prepare for Medicare Payment Reforms, Quality-of-Care Improvements
As CMS’ value-based purchasing program enters its second year, emergency departments are poised to influence hospital outcomes…
Lack of Data for Evaluating Venothromboembolic Disease In Pregnant Patients Leaves Physicians Looking for Best Approach
Common assessment methods including clinical decision rules, D-dimers, and PERC rules have limited use in detecting VTE…
Guidelines On Administering Sedation to Patients Unnecessarily Restrictive for ED Physicians
ACEP seeks resolution to limitations on procedural sedation in the ED, renews call to allow EM physicians…
Avoid Foley Catheters to Improve ED Patients’ Comfort, Reduce Costs
Prevent overuse of Foleys in the ED by knowing which patients do—and don’t—need them and working with…
Reader Weighs In on Emergency Medicine Myths
More criticism for tramadol and the use of cephalosporins in place of penicillin EM Myths Discussed Great…
ACEP to Reconsider Clinical Policy on Use of Intravenous tPA to Manage Acute Ischemic Stroke in the ED
The Clinical Policies Committee will review ACEP members’ comments and supporting evidence through March 24 In response…
What Will the CMS Two-Midnight Rule Mean for Emergency Medicine?
Determining inpatient versus outpatient admissions—a calculation with many financial implications—may fall to emergency physicians Update: The Centers…