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Urinary Tract Infections

1/29/2016 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infections From the July 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department.” Reprinted with permission. To ac

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

1/29/2016 EM Resident

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease From the July 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Emergency Department: Managing Flares and Long-Ter

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert! Dabigatran Reversal

12/29/2015 Christina Chien, MD

Critical Care Alert! Dabigatran Reversal Article: Pollack CV et al. Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal. NEJM. 2015;373: 511-20. PubMedID: 26095746 Background Novel oral anticoagulant agents such as

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Fellowships , Pediatric Fellowships

Why Pursue Pediatric Emergency Medicine?

12/4/2015 Paul Ishimine, MD, FACEP , Paula Whiteman, MD, FACEP, FAAP , Kyle Marshall, MD, FACEP , Kurtis Mayz, JD, MD, MBA, FACEP , Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP , Emily Rose, MD, FAAP, FACEP , Christopher S Amato, MD, FAAP, FACEP , Arwen Declan, MD , Ariel Cohen, DO , Ann Dietrich, MD, FACEP

Why Pursue Pediatric Emergency Medicine? Why should an EM resident consider specializing in pediatric EM? What unique opportunities exist for pediatric EM physicians? One of ACEP's Pediatric Emergenc

Clinical , Wilderness Medicine

When Lightning Strikes

12/3/2015 Brett Van Leer-Greenberg, MD , Abdullah Bakhsh, MD, MBBS

When Lightning Strikes A 54-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after being struck by lightning while wiring a house with grounding poles. He was awake at the scene and does not believe he lost

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Orthopedics

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma

12/3/2015 Matthew Swarm, MD

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. He was the restrained backseat passenger of a vehicle th

Informatics , Legislation

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH

12/3/2015 Warren M. Perry, MD , Arjun K. Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH Emergency Health Care and the Stimulus Package In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR

Cardiology , Clinical

Wolff-Parkinson Wait!

12/2/2015 Tim Barr, DO , Mike Hausberger, DO , Adam Sadowski, DO

Wolff-Parkinson Wait! A healthy 28-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with palpitations and dizziness. Vital signs are within normal limits except for a r

Clinical , Critical Care

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens

12/2/2015 William Baker, MD, FACEP , Samuel Kim, MD

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens A 65-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer is brought to the emergency department with one day of left leg swelling,

Pediatric EM , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Clinical

Urinary Tract Infection in Children

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infection in Children From the May 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Emergency Department Diagnostics and Interventions.” Repri