Tag: Airway/Respiratory

Coding Challenge (UC)

Coding Challenge: Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Urgent Care

April 1, 2023
Brad Laymon, PA-C, CPC, CEMC

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

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

April 1, 2023
EB Medicine

Respiratory pathogens most commonly reach the lower respiratory tract by: a.   Person-to-person transmission b.   Micro-aspiration from…

Brain Teaser (UC)

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

January 1, 2023
EB Medicine

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

Coding Challenge (UC)

Coding Challenge: Bronchiolitis in Urgent Care

January 1, 2023
Brad Laymon, PA-C, CPC, CEMC

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

Brain Teaser (UC)

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

January 1, 2023
EB Medicine

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

What's Your Diagnosis

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

October 31, 2022
EB Medicine

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

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Angioedema in the Emergency Department

October 24, 2022
EB Medicine

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

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis in the ED

July 20, 2022
EB Medicine

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

Rapid Reference

Procedural Sedation Medications

June 3, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

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