The Peephole
When people learn I work in the emergency department they usually ask, “How do you…
Mystery Fever in a 7-Week-Old
How can the tap look this bad when the patient looks this good? Fever in…
Gnosticism in the ED
When last I put pen to paper, we discussed the vexing problems of the complex…
Lessons from Twitter: Do you send your patients with low-risk PE home?
Last month EPM published an article that expounded on the benefits of Twitter in the…
Making the Transition to Administration
As part of a new series on the maturing of the emergency physician career, EPM’s…
Ulcerating STDs: Not Everything Stays in Vegas
Suppose you get stopped in the hallway outside the ED by a colleague who “has…
ED Innovation: The Best Apps and Gadgets of 2012
Between the Olympics and the elections, 2012 brought us plenty of distracting media to consume.…
The Future of the Hospital System
In part one of a series, emergency medicine elder statesmen Ricardo Martinez and Lynn Massingale…
Case Study: Overdose on Mystery Seeds
A 52-year-old man with a history of alcoholism was found unresponsive by his family during…
The Last Straw
“That’s it! I’ve had it!” I shouted to the air, throwing the envelope on the…