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Whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) ends upon admission or extends indefinitely until the admitted patient is eventually discharged or transferred has been debated by the courts, government agencies, and EMTALA pundits for years without definitive resolution.
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Some EDs are now offering online updates on current wait times, with the stated expectation that patients will use this information to make better decisions on where to go for care.
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Imagine being sued by a patient for an alleged act of malpractice, but evidence is introduced in the courtroom that leads the jury to believe another practitioner not yourself is the one who is truly at fault.
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Passive leg raising (PLR), a rapidly reversible maneuver that simulates rapid volume expansion by putting several hundred milliliters of fluid back into the circulation, has been shown to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients.
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With increased emphasis on evidence-based medicine during the last dozen years has come the implicit assumption that the availability of more and better evidence on how disease should be diagnosed and managed will lead to better patient care.
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Passive leg raising (PLR), a rapidly reversible maneuver that simulates rapid volume expansion by putting several hundred milliliters of fluid back into the circulation, has been shown to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients.
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In this issue: FDA is reviewing safety of TZDs; SSRI use with tamoxifen; Metformin smells like fish; FDA Actions.
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The emergency physician is frequently faced with patients presenting with dental complaints, particularly pain and injury.
