Test Your Knowledge: Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

 As the United States continues to grapple with the opioid crisis, emergency clinicians are on the…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Ketamine Therapy in the ED

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

Test Your Knowledge: Ketamine Therapy in the Emergency Department

Ketamine has been in use since its development as a dissociative anesthetic in the 1960s, but…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Constipation in the ED

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

Test Your Knowledge: Constipation in the Emergency Department

Each year, over 1.3 million patients visit the emergency department for constipation. Most cases are benign,…

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

An 8-year-old girl is brought to urgent care by her parents with a complaint of pain…

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 25-year-old previously healthy man presents to urgent care with sudden-onset swelling and severe pain in…

Coding Challenge: Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE: 64-year-old…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Migraine and Other Primary Headaches

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