This review article focuses on 5 under recognized high-risk ECG patterns in the ACS patient that result in poor outcomes including malignant dysrhythmias, higher rates of cardiogenic shock, and death.
Does your ED have an observation unit? Thinking of creating one? What patients are appropriate for the obs unit? This post is filled with pearls and pitfalls for observation unit use for the ED.
A commonly ordered test in the ED is the coagulation panel. What does this panel entail? Is there any evidence behind it for ED use? When should it be ordered? This post provides these answers and more.
Emergency physicians frequently use procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) to ensure a more comfortable procedure for both the patient and the physician. However, errors are also frequent. This article addresses the most frequent PSA errors them and provides solutions to improve patient care.
Every provider has their own twist on the standard "headache cocktail", but what is the evidence behind the individual medications for headache management? What about treating headaches in the pregnant or pediatric patient? This post seeks to answer these questions and more.
An LP gives providers the ability to perform CSF analysis for red blood cells and detect xanthochromia by visual inspection or spectrophotometry. In most of the world, including the United States, the predominant approach to identifying xanthochromia is visual detection. However, this technique is s...
Many active adults are interesting in boosting their athletic performance with supplements. While there have been a few proven benefits, there are many drawbacks of these supplements that may actually impair performance and compromise health. This article reviews a number of supplements, their benefits, their drawbacks and their potential for toxic adverse effects.
A system-based primer on specific injuries most frequently missed by emergency physicians in the trauma patient work-up.
