First EDition: News for and about the practice of Emergency Medicine
Psychiatric comorbidities magnify migraineurs’ medical interventions
Study: Excedrin “good choice” as first-line therapy for migraine in ED
ED a “profit center”; ACA may drive higher profits
Marked shift seen in demographics of heroin users seeking treatment
Hypertonic saline indications for bronchiolitis lack evidence for clear guidance
Dr. Sim Grewal is in the division of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Dr. Terry P. Klassen is part of Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health, and is in the department of pediatrics at the University of Manitoba, both in Winnipeg. Neither physician reported any relevant financial disclosures. These comments have been adapted from an editorial accompanying the studies in JAMA Pediatrics (JAMA Pediatr. 2014 26 May [doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.423]).
