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Toxicology , Medications

Bupropion: Skinny Happy Drug or Toxicologic Menace?

8/1/2016 Roxanne Thomas, MD , Joshua Shulman, MD , Anthony Pizon, MD

Bupropion: Skinny Happy Drug or Toxicologic Menace? A 24-year-old woman with a history of bulimia and depression is brought to the emergency department by ambulance. The patient is agitated and unab

Editorial , Compassion Fatigue

How Becoming a Patient's Family Member Changed Me as a Doctor

8/1/2016 Thaer Ahmad, MD

How Becoming a Patient's Family Member Changed Me as a Doctor How on earth did patients and loved ones who have no formal training in health care or medicine manage to keep their composure when battl

Pediatric EM

Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Infective Endocarditis

8/1/2016 Andrej Pogribny MD, MPH

Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Infective Endocarditis Pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) is a diagnostically challenging infection in children, as it often presents with vague or subtle sig

Research

Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop

8/1/2016 Cara Bergamo, MD

Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop Interested in pursuing a fellowship that will require research? Better yet, interested in a career in emergency medicine research? ACEP's Emergen

Critical Care , Pain Management , Health Policy

Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program

8/1/2016 Katrina D’Amore DO, MPH , David Traficante, DO , Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, FACEP

Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, an emergency medicine physician and immediate past-president of AMA, confronted the crisis in an open letter to America's

Sepsis , Critical Care

Sepsis-3: Redefining Sepsis

8/1/2016 Sarah Perman, MD MSCE , Mariana Guerrero, MD

Sepsis-3: Redefining Sepsis What EM Residents Need to Know Sepsis definitions were last revised in 2001. Since then, discoveries have been made regarding the pathobiology, management, and epidemiolog

Health Policy Fellowships , Fellowships , Health Policy , Legislation

In This State House: Life as a Physician in the Legislature

8/1/2016 Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH

In This State House: Life as a Physician in the Legislature There I was, sitting in Starbucks with a recently elected state representative. As a new healthy policy fellow and emergency physician, I w

Diversity and Inclusion

Bridging the Gap: Gender and Leadership in Emergency Medicine

8/1/2016 Tricia Smith, MD, MBBS, MPH , Jamie R. Santistevan, MD

Bridging the Gap: Gender and Leadership in Emergency Medicine Emergency medicine (EM) residents face many time constraints: long work hours, endless emails, reading lists, research requirements, and

Diversity and Inclusion , Leadership Reports , Speaker Report

Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine

8/1/2016 Vidya Eswaran, MD , Tiffany Jackson, MD

Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine As our country grows more diverse, tackling health disparities is imperative to improving patient outcomes. After all, human experiences and cultural per

Critical Care

Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED

8/1/2016 Ram Parekh, MD , Clark Owyang, MD , Chad Meyers, MD

Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED A 70-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department (ED) hypote