Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents
It is very common for adolescent females to present with menstrual irregularities and differentiating normal variations from life-threatening problems is critical to the emergency department physician. -
Trauma Reports for March/April 2007
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Full March 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Halting Inappropriate Expert Witness Testimony — Part II: Efforts of State Medical Boards and State Medical Societies to Police 'Experts'
This month we will address attempts by State Medical Boards to use their licensure powers to censure or fine physicians, suspend their medical license, or outright revoke their ability to practice medicine for providing unprofessional testimony. -
Reduce risks with credentialing for rare, high-risk ED procedures
Credentialing requirements for specific numbers of procedures performed may be suitable for most hospital units, but these may be difficult or impossible to meet in the ED. -
Frequent ED visitors = High risk of EMTALA violations
If an ED physician refuses to examine and treat a patient suspected of "drug seeking," this is an automatic violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). -
Special Report: Psychiatric Emergencies: A Medical-Legal Minefield
There is no area of Emergency Medicine that incorporates as many associated unique legal issues as that of psychiatric emergencies. -
Full February 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Anticoagulation and Thrombolytic Therapy in the Emergency Department: Part I
Emergency physicians deal with anticoagulation on a daily basis. We have all dealt with the bleeding patient on anticoagulants. -
Full February 19, 2007 Issue in PDF