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Sickle Cell Disease in the ED

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

What’s Your Diagnosis? COVID-19, MIS-C, and Long COVID 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? Dialysis Complications in the ED

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

Coding Challenge: Ear Pain in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: PRESENTATION 10-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge on Acute Otitis Media and Acute Otitis Externa in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 25-year-old woman presents with left ear pain for 2 days after swimming. You see a…

Test Your Knowledge on Acute Otitis Media and Acute Otitis Externa in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

A 9-month-old baby girl is brought to urgent care by her mother who reports that for…

Test Your Knowledge: COVID-19, MIS-C, and Long COVID in Pediatric Patients

COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, has been disruptive worldwide. It was primarily a respiratory disease…

Test Your Knowledge: Dialysis Complications in the Emergency Department

A In the United States, more than 450,000 patients are on dialysis due to end-stage renal disease.…

Proper Positioning

As we age, certain tasks become more challenging, and for me, hunching over to repair a…