Emergency Medicine

Troponin I Accuracy for AMI in ED Within 3 Hours of Chest Pain Can a quicker point-of-care troponin assessment speed up chest pain evaluation -- with sufficient accuracy?
American Heart Journal, February 6, 2012
Cardiac Complications in Acute Ischemic Stroke Are certain cardiac complications associated with acute ischemic stroke?
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, January 29, 2012
Pearls: Managing Chronic Pain in the ED What's the best way to manage the patient presenting to the ED with acute pain?
Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 25, 2012
Rare and Unusual Sleep Disorders You've heard about sleepwalking and talking, but how about sleep driving, -eating, and -sex?
January 23, 2012

Tired of Being a Doctor? Choices for Opting Out of Medicine Some doctors want to move up into administrative jobs, while others want to leave the profession completely. But what to do? Here's how to decide.
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2012
If Patients Bash You on Internet Rating Sites, Consider This Being trashed on the Internet is a distressing experience for physicians. How to decide whether it's worth fighting back?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Why Income May Drop if You Sell Your Practice to a Hospital Hospitals are purchasing more practices, but sometimes selling your practice leads to a drop in your profits and income. Here's how to make sure that doesn't happen.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse An "Obamacare" opponent asserts that the president avoided discussing healthcare reform because the topic is contentious, and says why we should repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 2012

Emergency Medicine News
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Safety-Net Emergency Departments No Slower A new study suggests that safety-net and non-safety-net institutions show no disparity in time frames for care.
Medscape Medical News, February 6, 2012
Lyme Disease Ticks Endemic in Northeast, Northern Midwest Field researchers have generated a detailed map that they hope will guide appropriate diagnosis and more targeted treatment for patients suspected of having Lyme disease.
Medscape Medical News, February 3, 2012

Variant H3N2 Influenza Virus: What You Should Know Find out when you should be considering infection with this novel influenza virus in your patients.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 6, 2012
Chest Pain in Children: Is It Cardiac? A large study provides some reassurance to primary care providers faced with a child experiencing chest pain and parents worried about heart disease.
Medscape Pediatrics, January 30, 2012