ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

1,2 Approximately 2 percent of emergency department (ED) patients in the United States leave prior to evaluation or AMA. Understanding Against Medical Advice, Informed Consent, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Emerg Med Clin North Am. BMC Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And in our comment letter responding to the FTC and Department of Justice’s proposed updates to health care merger guidelines, ACEP urged the agencies to finalize these changes that would bring more scrutiny to health care mergers and slow down consolidation. Learn more at acep.org/PracticeEssentials.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

In Japan, researcher used a cross-sectional study to analyze national suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers point to a sense of shared purpose, connections via video platforms, anticipated government aid, and mental health awareness campaigns as possible explanations for the stable rate of suicide deaths [3].

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Imagine a 9-week pregnant patient who comes to the emergency department with vaginal bleeding and abdominal cramping. EMTALA mandates that any patient who comes to an emergency department experiencing an emergency medical condition must be treated and stabilized, which may involve an abortion.

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OB/GYN Emergency Department Leadership Risk Management 105

EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A clinical decision rule to establish the diagnosis of acute diverticulitis at the emergency department. Management of Colonic Diverticulitis [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2020 Oct. Risk factors for complicated diverticulitis: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Further #FOAMed: POCUS for Assessing Volume Responsiveness – Core Ultrasound Volume Assessment Using POCUS in the Emergency Department References McGee S, Abernathy WB 3rd, Simel DL. Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure? Acad Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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