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Test Your Knowledge: Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm in Children

Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth, and the emergency department (ED) serves as…

Test Your Knowledge: Constipation in the Emergency Department

Each year, over 1.3 million patients visit the emergency department for constipation. Most cases are benign,…

Essential Tool: A Stapler for Laceration Repairs

Staplers: As with many things in the acute setting, price often trumps quality. Staplers for laceration…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Febrile Infants Aged ≤60 Days

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Right Heart Failure in the ED

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Test Your Knowledge: Febrile Infants Aged ≤60 Days

 Emergency clinicians frequently provide care to febrile infants aged ≤60 days in the emergency department. In…

Test Your Knowledge: Right Heart Failure in the Emergency Department

A Right heart failure (RHF) can result from many cardiac, pulmonary, and systemic pathologies. Common causes of…

Constipation

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the March 2024 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency…

Coding Challenge: Long COVID in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: A 66-year-old…