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SGEM#333: Do you gotta be starting something – like tPA before EVT?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Garreth Debiegun is an emergency physician at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME and clinical assistant professor with Tufts University School of Medicine. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. JAMA 2021 * Zi et al.

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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

ACEP Now

Emergency physicians have earned the right to “re-brand” ourselves as indispensable, money-saving change agents in the health care enterprise. Of course, the bill for any episode of emergency department (ED) care can be substantial, exceeding the billed charges for equivalent care provided in some primary care offices.

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How to Diagnose and Manage Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

ACEP Now

Youre working the night shift in a rural critical access hospital in the Midwest when a 36-year-old, 31-week primigravida patient with no known prior medical history presents with a mild headache. Postpartum Risks Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase postpartum risks for preeclampsia and stroke.

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