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Emergency Medicine

News, opinions and meeting coverage in emergency medicine.

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Nixing the X Waiver Hasn't Yet Vastly Expanded Buprenorphine Access

The change boosted the number of prescribers, but only modestly increased new prescriptions

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Is It Time for Hospitals to Implement Weapons Screening?

Gun violence in hospitals is rising -- we need a bold new safety approach

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A Closer Look at EMTALA, the Law at the Center of Supreme Court Abortion Arguments

Law requires doctors to stabilize or treat any patient who shows up at an emergency department

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Revisiting the Boston Marathon Bombing a Decade Later

Even now, the emergency still has important lessons to teach us

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EDs Refused to Treat Pregnant Women, Leaving One to Miscarry in a Lobby Restroom

It's happening even though there are federal mandates that women be treated

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Doctors Strike at Detroit Hospital After Unionizing Last Year

Emergency physicians, contracted through TeamHealth, have pointed to staffing, quality concerns

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ED Doc's License Revoked; Bird Flu Fatality Rate in Humans; Pesticide Risk in Fruits

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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You Need to Talk to Your Patients About Money

It might be difficult, but it's necessary

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MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankings

番茄社区 reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics

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Justice Department Issues Final Rule to End the 'Gun Show Loophole'

"If you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit ... you must conduct background checks"

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A Few Phrases I Never Say to Patients

Preparing patients for pain is an art that's often botched

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Senator Scrutinizes Physician Staffing Firms and Their Private Equity Owners

Homeland Security Committee Chair asks for information on physician staffing and patient safety

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Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties

Lawmakers search for ways to deter violence

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Despite Pushback, Anti-DEI Congressman to Speak at Medical Meeting

ACEP maintains it values "a diverse and representative emergency physician workforce"

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AI Sepsis Diagnostic Tool Gets FDA Authorization

EHR-embedded software algorithm uses biomarkers, clinical data

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Patient Stabs ED Worker; Campus Building Tied to Cancer; Your Gut and Heart Disease

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Flu Vaccine Uptake Tripled With Simple Promotion

Just asking ED patients whether they wanted a flu shot doubled uptake

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Extra Measures to Secure Kids' Peripheral IV Catheters Cuts Failures

Researchers also found lower healthcare costs

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Culprit Lesion PCI Before Diagnostic Angiography for Faster STEMI Reperfusion

Strategy for shorter needle-to-balloon time appeared safe in preliminary data

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Oral Corticosteroids Ease Preschoolers' Acute Wheeze

Benefit appeared limited to kids with prior wheeze or moderate-to-severe cases

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Diagnostic Adjuncts Could Reduce Overdiagnosis of Cellulitis

Thermal imaging and ALT-70 prediction score the "latest step in a quest for improved diagnosis"

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Texas Medical Board Doesn't Specify Abortion Ban Exceptions in Proposed Rules

Critics call for further clarification around medical exceptions of Texas abortion ban

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Using an Interpreter Is Great, but It Also Needs to Be Documented

Here's yet another example of how automation can help us

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FDA Settles Ivermectin Case; When AI Makes a Medical Error; $97,000 Air Ambulance

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Medicare $$ Needed to Help State-Licensed Emergency Centers Survive, Lawmakers Told

"This model doesn't work" without it, says emergency center CEO

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Algorithm May Help Determine Oxygen Targets for Mechanically Ventilated Adults

If results are "true and generalizable, then the consequences are staggering," editorialist says

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'Status Credentialus': The Case Against the Misery That Is Medical Credentialing

This endless inefficiency is going to have a price sooner than anyone thinks

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Time to Stop Violence in the Healthcare Work Environment

Two bills in Congress addressing this issue need our support

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A New Kind of Hospital Is Coming to Rural America

To become a rural emergency hospital, qualifying facilities must close all their inpatient beds

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DAPT Maintains Early Neurologic Function in Mild-Moderate Stroke

Do benefits of clopidogrel-aspirin apply when going up a notch in stroke severity?

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Sickle Cell Pain Hospitalizations Rose After CDC's Opioid Recs

Agency's 2016 guidance may have contributed to reduced access to opioids, and more pain

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Rapid PCR Tests for Pneumonia in the ED Speed Up Targeted Treatment

Faster, more targeted treatment than with standard lab cultures

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The Ethos of Emergency Medicine Hangs in the Balance

A Supreme Court ruling could impact how pregnant patients are treated in certain states' EDs

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Evidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Shooter Who Killed 18 in Maine

Analysis of the brain was released Wednesday

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Another Essential 'DEI' in Suicide Probability Analysis

Dignity, empathy, and integrity should be included in the process

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Eulogy for a Healthcare Worker

Medicine's next generation can do it better

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Epinephrine Nasal Spray Starts Reversing Allergic Reactions in Minutes

After FDA rejection, needle-free EpiPen alternative bolsters its case with small challenge study

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Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Overdose: 'Make Sure They're Breathing'

"We don't really need people to wake up. We need them to breathe," clinician says

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My Go-To Strategies for Making Alliances With Angry Patients

The American Museum of Natural History reminded me of a trick

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CDC Addresses Rebound of Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Kids

Numbers were indeed up in the fall of 2023, but higher before the pandemic

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