Case Report
Bedside Ultrasound for Pulsatile Hand Mass
A 23-year-old man, who initially presented to an outside hospital’s ED for evaluation and treatment of a stab wound, presented to our ED two...
Video
VIDEO: Ultrasound with Doppler
Pulsatile flow is noted through the neck of the mass.
Video
VIDEO: Initial Bedside Ultrasound of Pulsatile Hand Mass
A round pulsatile hand mass with heterogeneous echogenicity.
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Ranking points physicians toward South Dakota
“Best states to practice medicine” named for 2018.
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The Use of Bolus-Dose Vasopressors in the Emergency Department
While bolus-dose vasopressors are commonly used in critical care medicine and anesthesiology to treat patients with hypoperfusion, its application...
From the Journals
Alternative oxygen therapy reduces treatment failure in bronchiolitis
Compared with standard therapy, high-flow treatment in non-ICUs lowered risk that infants would need escalated care.
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Acute Limb Arterial Ischemia
Although acute limb ischemia is a relatively rare condition, it is a true medical emergency requiring prompt diagnosis and management to prevent...
Case Report
Single-Dose Niacin-Induced Hepatitis
A 22-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history presented with a 2-week history of intermittent periumbilical abdominal pain.
From the Journals
Follow-up care for pediatric concussions not heeded in Ontario
Most children with concussions are not being treated in accordance with the accepted treatment guidelines.
Conference Coverage
Transporting stroke patients directly to thrombectomy boosts outcomes
Modeling of real-world data suggests transporting acute ischemic stroke patients directly to more distant thrombectomy centers outperforms...
Conference Coverage
Peanut is most prevalent culprit in anaphylaxis PICU admits
ORLANDO – Peanut and dairy were main causes of death of all the food-induced cases.
Conference Coverage
Prehospital antibiotics improved some aspects of sepsis care
SAN ANTONIO – EMS personnel in the Netherlands received training that resulted in them being able to recognize sepsis more quickly.
Article
Opioid deaths in the ED increase nationally
Opioid overdose deaths have reached an all-time high across the country.
Feature
The Top 5 Habits/Tips of a Highly Successful Emergency Physician
This article is adapted from a presentation given by Dr Broderick at the November 2017 American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) Scientific...
Conference Coverage
Study finds AD accounts for hundreds of thousands of annual ED visits
SAN DIEGO – The results suggest a need for better outpatient treatment.
Latest News
Americans support the right to affordable health care
Republicans and Democrats actually agree on something.
Feature
Characteristics, Frequency, and Disposition of Patients With a HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Presenting to the ED
The purpose of this study was to identify the type, frequency, and disposition of patients with an HeartMate II left ventricular assist device who...
Conference Coverage
Increasing sepsis survivorship creates new challenges
SAN ANTONIO– A new study calls for examination of the consequences of long-term sepsis survivorship.
From the Journals
Blood transfusions are dropping in U.S. hospitals
The frequency of red blood cell transfusions declined between 2011 and 2014, but what’s driving the change?
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu season shows signs of slowing
Flu outpatient activity down for second consecutive week, but hospitalizations continue to rise.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu increase may be slowing
Flu outpatient activity held steady, but hospitalizations continued to rise at a record rate.
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