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Emergency Medicine Reports August 27, 2012 Issue in PDF
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Does EMTALA Really End When a Hospital Admits an ED Patient?
he courts dont always agree with or follow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services interpretation that EMTALA ends once an emergency department patient with an emergency condition is admitted to the hospital in good faith for stabilizing treatment. -
Overdose of Oral Antidiabetic Medications and Insulin
Treating the hypoglycemia and metabolic derangements caused by antidiabetic medications, especially in massive overdose, are dynamic as new agents are introduced. -
FDA actions
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Pharmacology Watch - Full December 2012 Issue in PDF
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Chemotherapy often misunderstood
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Hormone therapy and AD risk
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Hormone therapy and VTE risk
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ED Coding Update: The controversy over billing for EKG/rhythm strip interpretations in the ED
Increasing payer scrutiny over diagnostic interpretations and continued belt-tightening at the private payer level has resulted in a resurfacing of the EKG interpretation payment issue for emergency physicians. There is no doubt that the interpretation of diagnostic tests for ED patients is an invaluable service. -
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