Cardiology

25-Year-Old STEMI: What a Paradox

4/23/2020 Tung-Lin Jesse Yuan, DO , Brian Monaco, MD

Paradoxical coronary emboli are rare phenomena that nevertheless should remain on your differential when patients with low risk factors for coronary artery disease develop atraumatic chest pain.

Trauma

Pressure! Pushing Down on Me, Pushing Down on You: The Underlying Danger of Pressure Washer Injuries

4/23/2020 Morgan Ritz, MD , Ana Davitt, MD

Although high-pressure injection injuries may only leave small superficial wounds, they can create widespread multilayer soft tissue injuries, deep-space infections, and lead to compartment syndrome.

OB/GYN

Rethinking Emergency Contraception

4/22/2020 Brigit Noon, MD , William W. Dixon, MD

Emergency contraception is a key intervention when treating sexual assault survivors. Two options are currently underutilized in the ED: ulipristal acetate and copper intrauterine device.

Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Eric Steinberg, DO | Program Director at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency, Patterson, NJ

4/22/2020

In this installment of the Program Director Interview Series we caught up with Eric Steinberg, DO, to learn about the St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Ste

Critical Care

Pneumomediastinum Secondary to Medication-Induced Esophageal Microperforation

4/22/2020 Anil Bhagavath, MD , Robert L. Gekle, MD, FACEP

Here's a case you don't see every day: a single dose of over-the-counter cold medicine led to an esophageal perforation, which then resulted in pneumomediastinum.

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Pediatric EM , Toxicology

The Undifferentiated Pediatric Ingestion: What to Expect and How to React

4/22/2020 Zaza Atanelov, MD, MPH , Sonja Eagle , Gregory Jasani, MD , Shiva Kalidindi, MD, MPH, MSEd, FAAP, FACEP , Robyn Hoelle, MD, FACEP

Accidental poisonings account for nearly 70,000 pediatric visits to the ED every year. Which ingestions might be fatal, even at small doses? How will you know what to check in an asymptomatic patient?

Health Policy

What is Surprise Billing… and Why Should I Care?

4/22/2020 Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Andrew Luo , Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Sushant Kapoor, DO, MS , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc , Angela Cai, MD, MBA

Surprise billing has the potential to bruise the patient-physician relationship, harm patients' health, and lead to downstream problems in health care. This complex issue matters more now than ever.

Infectious Disease

Should We Be Vaccinating Our Patients Against Influenza?

4/22/2020 Bruce J. Grattan Jr., DO, MS, RD

ED vaccination strategies have been successful and reimbursable and are advocated by several major clinical practice advisory groups. So why aren't we offering flu vaccines routinely?

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Gastroenterology

Hooked on Colonics: Colon Cleansing Gone Wrong

4/22/2020 Darren Cuthbert, MD, MPH , David Christopher Cuthbert, MD , Joshua Bucher, MD

Retained foreign bodies are not uncommon in emergency medicine, but this case presented unusual circumstances as the patient had consulted a Reiki master for a regimen of colon cleansing.

Research , Rapid Research Review

Rapid Research Review: Decision Points - The P-Value

4/21/2020 Arvin Jeremy N. Tan, MD

Making sense of a data set is fundamental to our role, not only as scientists, but also as clinicians. A simple method exists that allows for a systematic manner to answer the key question in research

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