WASHINGTON – With liability reform more or less stalled on the federal level, emergency physicians have been working at the nation's statehouses to promote legislation important to the specialty.
At a session of ACEP's... » FULL STORY

SAN FRANCISCO – More than a decade after the event, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other respiratory symptoms are more common among lower Manhattan residents whose homes were covered with dust from the 9/11... » FULL STORY

SAN DIEGO – An emergency department at an academic medical institution with a multiple sclerosis center missed diagnosing multiple sclerosis in nearly 40% of patients who were later diagnosed with the disease, calling into... » FULL STORY

CHICAGO – Roughly a fourth of ED patients are ready to hit the delete button on standard written discharge instructions.
When asked 30 days post discharge how they preferred to receive their antibiotic discharge instructions,... » FULL STORY

CHICAGO – The 2006 Massachusetts health care reform law that expanded insurance coverage to unprecedented levels resulted in modest increases in emergency department and hospital utilization among adults, according to preliminary... » FULL STORY

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – De novo dipstick proteinuria accurately predicted acute kidney injury among 328 critically ill septic patients, a retrospective chart study has shown.
With sepsis, inflammation results in increased... » FULL STORY

Measles is a threat that we need to take seriously, both domestically and when traveling anywhere abroad.
During 2011, the United States had more cases of measles than we have had in 15 years. There were 222 cases and 17... » FULL STORY

The evaluation of the pediatric patient with a limp or refusal to walk or the adult patient with hip pain requires a consideration of septic joint. The clinical exam is not adequately sensitive to rule out this diagnosis, even... » FULL STORY