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The child with an inborn error of metabolism often cannot be easily identified. Nonspecific symptoms and relative infrequent occurrence make diagnosis difficult and can lead to potential delays in both recognition and treatment.
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A man with chest pain tells you that he uses cocaine and is positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), then asks you to not tell his girlfriend who is about to enter the room. What are you most likely to be sued for: if you disclose the patient's status, or if you don't tell and his partner gets infected?
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In August of this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). These regulations also contain policy changes related to a hospital's obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA).
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This is a two-part series on liability risks regarding antibiotic choice in the emergency department. This month, we report on liability risks involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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In an age of high patient volumes, overcrowding, and prolonged patient stays in emergency departments (EDs), the clinician is challenged to be both efficient and effective on a daily basis.
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A few years ago, cardiac stress testing would not have been an important subject for emergency physicians. With the growth of observation units run by emergency physicians, however, more of us are ordering these tests and then acting on the results.
