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Emergency Medicine

News, opinions and meeting coverage in emergency medicine.

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Nix Nut-Free Classrooms, New Allergy Guidelines Urge

Focus on management, training rather than food bans, international panel says

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Peer-Support Coaching Boosts Mental Health in Front-Line Workers

Non-traditional care model offers "psychological PPE" for providers during pandemic

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This Is How Much Every Second Counts in Stroke Thrombectomy

Delays until reperfusion cost years of healthy life, meta-analysis suggests

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Involuntary Psychiatric Holds in Kids: The Known Unknowns

Literature review turns up factors associated with youth psych admissions, and knowledge gaps

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Did Vaping THC 'Wax' for 5 Days Cause This Teen Girl's Seizure?

Evidence for the effect of THC on seizure threshold is conflicting, clinicians say

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Lawsuit Against 'TikTok Doc' Jason Campbell Settled

Oregon Health & Science University will pay $585,000 to settle sexual harassment charges

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After the Pandemic: How COVID Affected Rural Patients

The inherent "social distancing" of rural life helped infections stay low, says Edwin Leap, MD

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How to Do Surgery on Mars

Remote surgery ... in space

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USPSTF Still Sour on Afib Screening, Even With Apple Watch

Task force weighs in with draft recommendations for wearables and clinic alike

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Global Stroke Care Takes a Hit During the Pandemic

Seventy-country study finds ties to drop in volume of stroke hospitalizations, treatment

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Op-Ed: The Energy-Draining Life of a Physician

It's a long, hard road, so you must find your passion

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Emergency Physician Wins $26M in Wrongful Termination Suit

Raymond Brovont, MD, said he was fired for raising concerns about staffing issues

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Op-Ed: Let's Prevent Post-Shutdown Sports Injuries in our Kids

Quarantine to competition carries heightened injury risk

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Common Antibiotics Spell Trouble in Existing Aortopathy

More data to support the elevated risk posed by fluoroquinolones to the aortic wall

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Continuing Certification a Cash Cow for Emergency Medicine Board

An inside look at how one medical board spends its money

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These Med Board Execs Make Triple a Practicing Doc's Salary

Infographic shows highest compensation, widest gaps for ABMS member boards

Op-Ed: This Physician Has Had Enough of Anti-Asian Hate

And you should too

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Portia de Rossi's Appendicitis

Looking at the star's emergency surgery

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Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd

But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process

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Positive Data Salvaged for Thrombectomy on Basilar Strokes

BEST, BASICS trials not wholly negative, group finds

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Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

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Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

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Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

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COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

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Immediate Angiography Feasible for Large Vessel Stroke Patients

Not stopping patients in the ED improved hospital workflow and patient outcomes

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Multi-City Study Bolsters Case for Mobile Stroke Units

But reimbursement woes, balkanized EMS agencies block path to broader use

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Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice?

ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did

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Holding tPA for All DOAC Users Not the Way to Go, Stroke Docs Say

Clinical conundrum could be solved by a point-of-care DOAC test

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Dialysis Crisis in Texas: 'Catastrophic'

Half of dialysis units across the state still suffering winter storm havoc

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Despite Controversial Leader, Charity's COVID Field Hospitals Prove Helpful

Samaritan's Purse opens field hospitals in hard-hit areas as CEO Franklin Graham faces scrutiny

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Colchicine for Early COVID-19? Trial May Support Oral Therapy at Home

But some find science-by-press-release troubling

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Ventricular Tachycardia: The Cause Is the Key to Management

Andrew Perry, MD, tackles the heterogeneity of VT with Melissa Robinson, MD

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Hospitals Grumble but Work to Implement Price Transparency Rule

Challenges include COVID surge and vaccine rollout, but advocates say costs will fall

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In STEMI PCI, Symptom-to-Balloon Time Is What Counts

Study authors urge greater efforts to reduce pre-hospital delays

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Not So Fast on That Post-Resuscitation ECG

Study suggests waiting a bit longer to avoid false positives in OHCA

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Pregnant Doctors Are Getting Their COVID Shots

Ob/gyn groups favor vaccination as pregnant women are "vulnerable" population

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Op-Ed: Why (and How) We Don't Prescribe Oxycodone

Greater desirability equals greater addictive potential

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The Long Goodbye: How COVID Took My Dad's Life

A single-word text from Room 993 - 'help' - and a grim cascade of complications

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No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines'

Who are the physicians behind America's Frontline Doctors?

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