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Test Your Knowledge: Substance Use in Adolescents

Adolescent substance use continues to be a prevalent problem and is a cause of morbidity, mortality,…

Test Your Knowledge: Migraine and Other Primary Headaches in the Emergency Department

Headache is the fifth most common presenting chief complaint in emergency departments, and it is vital…

Myth 1 – You Cannot Use Epinephrine For Finger Lacerations

We tend to practice based on what our attending physicians and residents told us. Some of…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Nonaccidental Trauma in Pediatric Patients

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

What’s Your Diagnosis? Rectal Bleeding

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

Substance Use In Adolescents

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the October 2023 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article,…

Coding Challenge: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: PRESENTATION: 25-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Management in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

Which of the following best describes the role of ultrasound in suspected PID cases? a. Ultrasound…

Test Your Knowledge of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Management in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

A 26-year-old female patient presents with 2 days of increasing midline lower abdominal/pelvic pain. She denies…