Browsing: February 2019

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: The Most Expensive Decision in Health Care

2/6/2019 Sushant Kapoor, DO, MS
ED admissions rates decline despite increasing number of ED visits.
ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February 2019

2/6/2019 Lauren Briskie, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD
A 52-year-old male presents to the ED with chest pain. What is your interpretation of his EKG?
Questions

Board Review Questions: February 2019

2/6/2019
Test your knowledge with these questions from PEER.
Opinion-Editorial

Guns, Politics, and the Emergency Department

2/6/2019 Noah Berland, MD, MS
What is our role as physicians in confronting the intersection of politics and health? We must be willing to engage in honest dialogue and consider politics as a part of medicine. Enter the debate ove
Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose This Condition

2/6/2019 Kathryn Braseth, PA-C , Luke Husby, DO , Browning S. Wayman, MD, DTM&H
A 22-year-old vaccinated male with no past medical history presents to an ED in South Texas with a rash to his right inner thigh for 3 days. He reports the rash started as a large red bump, progressin
Toxicology , Recreational Drugs

How to Manage MDMA Toxicity

2/5/2019 Amit Gupta, MD , Daniel O. Bral, DO, MPH , Miguel Reyes, MD
If you ask people who frequent music festivals, concerts, and clubs, they’ll tell you MDMA (aka ecstasy or molly) is a safe drug. If you see the results of MDMA toxicity, you might disagree.
Cardiology

A Case Report: Abnormal Presentation of Pacemaker Interference

2/5/2019 Darren Cuthbert, MD, MPH , Christopher Bryczkowski, MD, FACEP , Brian Strom, MD, MPH , Robert Eisenstein, MD, FACEP
Pacemaker malfunctions are a not-infrequent reason for an emergency department evaluation. As a result, there is a wide differential into the underlying potential etiologies.
Infectious Disease , Urology

Fournier's Gangrene: A Flesh-Eating Infection of the Perineum

2/5/2019 Gregory Taylor, DO , Eric L. McDowell, DO
Fournier's gangrene is a rare, life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate. Save a life by knowing the signs and the most effective interventions.
Editor's Forum

Price Transparency in the ED: A Murky Future

2/5/2019 Tommy Eales, DO
There's a monumental problem in how patients are billed for emergency visits. It's called surprise billing - and it's definitely not a good surprise.
Critical Care

A Review of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries

2/5/2019 Doug Campbell, MD , Jean Hoffman, MD
BCVI is a relatively rare diagnosis, but this does not take away from the importance of considering it during the initial evaluation of all trauma patients.