Coding Challenge: Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE New…

Test Your Knowledge of Bronchiolitis in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

Your patient is a 10-month-old girl who has a clinical presentation of acute bronchiolitis and no…

Test Your Knowledge of Bronchiolitis in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

Which of the following statements regarding diagnostic studies for bronchiolitis is CORRECT?  A. A chest x-ray…

Coding Challenge: Bronchiolitis in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: Subjective: New…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Emergency Department Management of Surgical Airway Complications

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

Test Your Knowledge: Angioedema in the Emergency Department

Angioedema is a histamine- or bradykinin-mediated response that can be acquired, hereditary, or idiopathic. Manifestations include…

Test Your Knowledge: Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis in the ED

An acute allergic reaction is a rapid-onset, IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. Although it is most commonly caused…

Procedural Sedation Medications

The June issue of Emergency Medicine Practice is on the topic of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia…

Conversation- Airway Management

This is the second episode of Conversation, an EMplify podcast series. Episodes are shorter, more conversational,…