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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…

Test Your Knowledge on Long COVID in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment option for patients with long COVID in…

Test Your Knowledge on Long COVID in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

A 27-year-old man presents to urgent care with complaints of persistent fatigue, intermittent mild chest pain,…

Myth 3 – You Need to Use Sterile Gloves

This may cause surgeons to have chest pain, but there is no need to wear sterile…

Febrile Infants Aged ≤60 Days – An Interview With Dr Paul Aronson

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Paul Aronson, MD, MHS, one of the authors of…

Are patients who present to the ED with substance use and psychosis at higher risk of developing schizophrenia?

Question Are patients who present to the ED with substance use and psychosis at higher risk…