Toxicology

Bupropion Toxicity

4/10/2022 Mason Jackson, MD , Erik Fisher, MD, FACEP

Initially marketed as an atypical antidepressant for adults, bupropion gained popularity for its use in tobacco cessation and for its lack of sexual side effects commonly seen with other typical antid

Editor's Forum

Building Trust Through Integrity

4/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD

We are confronting an ethical dilemma in emergency medicine that has been brewing for years. It impacts patients' health while business executives and shareholders, far removed from the patients they

Career Planning , Fellowships , Medical Education , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

A Fellowship for the Future

4/10/2022 Jonathan Oskvarek, MD, MBA , Angela Cai, MD, MBA

The need for innovation in emergency medicine (EM) has never been greater. The pandemic has strained physical and emotional resources and exposed the fragility of volume-based, fee-for-service reimbur

Ultrasound

Crawling In My Skin: An Ultrasound Teaching Case

4/10/2022 Jennifer Mirrielees, MD , Jessica Schmidt, MD, MPH, FACEP , Michael Lohmeier, MD, FACEP

Ultrasound is a favored modality in emergency medicine. This case shows yet another application of this popular diagnostic tool - one involving subcutaneous larvae.

COVID-19 , Social EM

COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Distribution in Emergency Departments

4/10/2022 Rachel Kearney, MPH , Olivia Reszczynski , Nick Friedman , Dominique Gelmann, MD , Aneeqah Naeem , Alic Lu , Sherman Leung

Social EMpathy is a working group of medical students, residents, and faculty interested in social emergency medicine working together to organize initiatives in social EM topics. As part of Social E

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Career Planning

Duty to Serve: Federal Law Enforcement and the Foundation for Emergency Medicine

4/10/2022 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Aaron R. Kuzel, DO, MBA

Emergency medicine attracts a unique personality dedicated to excellence and teamwork, driven to work hard and push the boundaries of what is possible.

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound , Nephrology

An Acutely Swollen and Cyanotic Leg

4/10/2022 Jasmine Jolly, MD , Elizabeth Page Bridges, MD, FACEP , David Stephen Wong, MD , Dustin Morrow, MD, FACEP

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a rare but emergent condition of massive venous thrombosis that can rapidly produce irreversible vascular gangrene. If your patient in the emergency department has a swoll

Toxicology , COVID-19

The Toxicology of COVID

4/10/2022 Michael Keenan, MD , Vincent Calleo, MD

Emergency physicians have watched with excitement the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. However, while we were watching the rapid scientific development, there was a concurrent wave of misguided

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Airway

Critical Care Alert: The EvK Clinical Trial: Etomidate vs. Ketamine For Emergency Endotracheal Intubation

4/10/2022 Evan McMurray, MD , Taylor Miller, MD

The emergent airway is central to emergency medicine. And a new study explores medications central to emergency endotracheal intubation. Which is better: etomidate or ketamine?

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Use of Bedside Ultrasound in Diagnosing Boerhaave Syndrome

4/10/2022 Rabia Iqbal, DO , Caleb Harrell, MD

Esophageal rupture is a rare condition that is recognized as one of the most fatal gastrointestinal injuries. Time to diagnosis is an independent predictor of mortality in acute esophageal rupture mak

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