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Legal Pearl
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Legal Pearl
Can a Hospital Be Responsible for Patient Care by an Outsourced Physician?
12/10/2024
A Florida Court of Appeals was asked to dismiss a case against a hospital because the hospital’s ED was operated by an independent contractor physician group, and the doctor who treated the patient was...
12/10/2024
Photoclinic
Choledochal Cyst
Photoclinic
Choledochal Cyst With Rupture and Pseudocyst Formation
12/08/2024
Rajesh Savargaonkar, MD; Reem Ichoa, DO; Vinci Jones, MD
A 3-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and vomiting for 4 days. During that time, he had five or six episodes of vomiting accompanied by diffuse abdominal pain.
12/08/2024
Pulmonary Pitfalls
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Pulmonary Pitfalls
Approaches to Weaning and Liberation of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
12/01/2024
Dylan Harrell, MD; Bradley Sanville, MD; Brooks Thomas Kuhn, MD, MAS
The length of time on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) increases the potential for numerous severe and even life-threatening complications, such as volutrauma, barotrauma, infection, damage to vocal...
12/01/2024

Interactive Features

Legal Pearl
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Legal Pearl
Can a Hospital Be Responsible for Patient Care by an Outsourced Physician?
12/10/2024
A Florida Court of Appeals was asked to dismiss a case against a hospital because the hospital’s ED was operated by an independent contractor physician group, and the doctor who treated the patient was...
12/10/2024
pop quiz
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pop quiz
Rates of Fatigue Among Emergency Medicine Physicians
11/19/2024
Fatigue is a common issue for health care providers, including emergency medicine physicians who are often subject to shift scheduling with long hours and short breaks between shifts. Test your knowledge on...
11/19/2024
Legal Pearl
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Legal Pearl
The Importance of Documenting Discharge Information
10/18/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
A 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, neuropathy, and peripheral vascular disease, came to the emergency department (ED) 3 days after a heavy box fell on his foot at work causing him great pain and...
10/18/2024
Pop Quiz
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Pop Quiz
The Warning Signs of Heat Stroke
07/01/2024
Heat stroke is common during the summertime. Do you know the warning signs?
07/01/2024
Legal Pearl
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Legal Pearl
Court Holds that Doctor’s Negligence Does Not Rise to Fraudulent Concealment of Cancer
04/23/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
The patient was hospitalized in 2004 when a computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass on her right kidney, but neither the patient nor her family was notified of the mass. In 2006, she was again...
04/23/2024

Clinical Insights

Case Report Insights
Omole and Mobolaji
Case Report Insights
A Collaborative and Holistic Approach to Patient Care for Pleural Effusion
09/10/2024
Afolake Mobolaji, MD, MPH, FAAFP; Folashade S. Omole, MD, FAAFP
In this Consultant Case Report Insights, Afolake Mobolaji, MD, MPH, and Folashade Omole, MD, FAAFP, speak about their study, “Less Is More: A Collaborative, Non-Operative Approach to Care for a Patient With...
09/10/2024
MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE, EP. 14
Multidisciplinary Dialogue
MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE, EP. 14
Abnormal Laboratory Results
07/14/2024
Anil Harrison, MD
In this podcast episode, Dr Harrison discusses several case presentations of patients with abnormal laboratory values, including the evaluation of liver function test results, urinalysis results, and...
07/14/2024
Video
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Video
An Overview of Gout Treatment
04/05/2024
In this video, Robert Terkeltaub, MD, gives an overview of the current standard of care in the treatment of individuals with gout.
04/05/2024
Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 18
Multidisciplinary Dialogue
Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 18
A 65-Year-Old Man With Hypertension, COPD, Type 2 Diabetes, Headaches, Tinnitus, Symptoms of Erythromelalgia
12/01/2023
Anil Harrison, MD
In this episode, Dr Harrison discusses a case presentation of a 65-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, who presents with headaches and bilateral...
12/01/2023
Multidisciplinary Dialogue: Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 1
Multidisciplinary Dialogue: Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 1
The Order and Disorder With Acid-Base Basics
04/13/2023
In this episode, Anil Harrison, MD, speaks with Paul Shiu, DO, about the order and disorder of acid-base basics, including the interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs) and the various respiratory and...
04/13/2023