-
There is significant variation in emergency physicians ordering of head CT scans for trauma patients, according to a survey of 37 attending EPs conducted during 2009, which quantified their risk tolerance and malpractice fear.1
-
As part of the workup for a young woman with abdominal pain, the emergency physician (EP) ordered radiographic studies of the patients abdomen, and general surgery and OB/GYN consults. The on-call radiologist first read the studies as unremarkable.
-
A young man presented to an emergency department (ED) and reported hallucinations after taking over-the-counter herbal stimulants and diphenhydramine. The ED diagnosis was acute psychosis resolved.
-
Whether a patient sues after learning an initially normal finding was re-read as abnormal has something to do with how the emergency physician (EP) approaches the situation.
-
If a psychiatric patient is being sent home, the EP must determine if there is proper follow-up available for that patient, which means connecting the patient with appropriate resources, says Leslie Zun, MD, MBA, professor and chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Chicago (IL) Medical School.
-
You are working on a busy summer Friday night when you get a medic call on the radio that you will be receiving three children from the same motor vehicle crash (MVC). There was moderate damage to the vehicle, airbags did deploy, and there were no fatalities at the scene. Five minutes later, you have the following patients, in full spinal precautions, in your ED:
-
Pediatric wrist and hand injuries are very common in the emergency department (ED). Early recognition and appropriate management are critical to maximize the chances of an optimal functional outcome. This article reviews five key injuries of the pediatric wrist and hand: scaphoid fracture, proximal thumb metacarpal fractures, skier's thumb/gamekeeper's thumb, phalanx injuries, and boxer's fractures/fight bites.
-
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.
-
Treating the hypoglycemia and metabolic derangements caused by antidiabetic medications, especially in massive overdose, are dynamic as new agents are introduced.
-
