Not-so-simple arm pain
Sometimes the chief complaint is not the problem
Wet Reads: Take off the collar?
Take off the collar? When there is a mechanism of injury for C-spinefracture, don’t…
Soundings: An impossible exam
When pain (perceived or real) makes patients almost impossible to examine, ultrasound can…
Troponins in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
A hemodynamically stable middle-aged male presents to your ED with non-pleuritic chest pain and multiple…
The Universal Coverage Quagmire
A specialty divided on the fundamental issues of healthcare insurance reform can finally agree on…
Your Day in Court
Your long-awaited, much dreaded court date has arrived. What should you wear? Which days should…
Fellow Feud
Non-ABEM/AOBEM EPs won a strategic victory in October when the ACEP certification section voted to…
Who do you trust?
“Don’t believe everything you hear about research, even from me.” It was a great line…
Bertrand Fote
How Bertrand Fote traveled from Cameroon to North Carolina, and into the field of emergency…
Managing renal transplant complications
by Jose Vega, MD Renal transplant patients can be very complicated to manage because…