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Alternatives to Opioids for Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Part II
As emergency physicians, we want to ensure our patients are not suffering severe pain. But, at the same time, we clearly need to reduce the use of opioids. Balancing these two priorities is difficult but important to our patients and society as a whole.
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Alternatives to Opioids for Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Part I
Using therapy designed specifically for several different painful conditions that commonly present to the ED, patients frequently achieve significant pain relief without the use of opioids.
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Drug Interactions
MONOGRAPH: Drug-to-drug interactions represent one of the most significant risks of polypharmacy in our increasingly complex and aging populations.
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Oral Anticoagulation Reversal
This review discusses anticoagulant medications and reversal agents.
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Shoulder Trauma
MONOGRAPH: The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the human body. It's also a prime target for traumatic injury.
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Pediatric Visceral Trauma
Trauma patients are often very difficult to assess, particularly young children.This article reviews trauma in children. It reminds us that children are not little adults. Their injury pattern and their response to injury are unique.
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Acute Knee Pain
MONOGRAPH: The physical exam of the knee in the ED and selected nontraumatic conditions causing knee pain.
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Discussing Firearms with Emergency Department Patients: Why, Who, Where, When, and What
This article explores questions around physician firearm safety counseling — including why emergency physicians might do it, who might benefit, where and when to consider it, and what such counseling should include (along with what resources exist for emergency physicians and for patients).
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Gallstones and Associated Complications
MONOGRAPH: Biliary causes of right upper quadrant pain with the primary focus on gallstones and their associated complications.
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Mimics of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
Several conditions can mimic an acute infarction by producing ST segment elevation. It is important for the emergency physician to recognize these conditions to appropriately manage patients in the ED and to better distinguish acute infarction from other conditions on the ECG.