Febrile Infant? Rethink Blood Cultures
Are you still routinely doing blood cultures to look for occult bacteremia in the healthy-looking…
Make Your Move
Constipation in children may seem mundane, but it’s no joke. Here are the tried-and-true treatment…
The ABCs of Investing Step 1: Asset Allocation
Airway. Breathing. Circulation. It’s the mantra of emergency medicine. If you had to simplify the…
What Geriatric Philosophy Will Define Us?
How we treat the elderly in years to come will speak to who we are…
Washington’s Trillion Dollar Health Fix
In My Opinion Healthcare Reform: What’s really going to happen when Capitol Hill runs emergency…
Hip Pain After Fall in Elderly Female
You evaluate an elderly female who has tripped and fallen at home. She denies any…
Toxic Alcohols
In general, toxic alcohols can be divided into two groups based on similarity in symptoms,…
Dear ‘ER’: Thanks for the Introduction
1994. Some emergency physicians were still in high school back when NBC’s show “ER” debuted,…
Antibiotics for Strep: Addressing Readers’ Concerns
In March, Emergency Physicians Monthly ran a piece titled “Antibiotics for Strep Do More Harm…
Is That Alcohol On Your Breath?
Strategies for handling the impaired physician in the ED Director’s Corner