A Man With Severe Back Pain
A 63-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis presented to the emergency department with new-onset severe low back pain starting 6 hours before presentation. Vital signs were normal and physical examination revealed a…
Yet Another Cut
A salute to a patient With one breast A scar across her chest With one arm taken away She came into the ER today Metastatic Liposarcoma of RUE Amputation of…
Yet Another
Another day, another shift. Except now, it’s another day of residency and yet another person jumping to their death from their apartment building. Last time it was a resident at…
Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of the Adult Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department
Members of the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee (Oversight Committee): Michael D. Brown, MD, MSc (Chair 2014-2017) Richard Byyny, MD, MSc (Methodologist) Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MSc…
Quick SOFA Scores Predict Mortality in Adult Emergency Department Patients With and Without Suspected Infection
Study objective The Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score (composed of respiratory rate ≥22 breaths/min, systolic blood pressure ≤100 mm Hg, and altered mental status) may identify patients with…
Accelerating Knowledge Translation: Reflections From the Online ALiEM- AnnalsGlobal Emergency Medicine Journal Club Experience
The ultimate responsibility of health professions educators is to improve patient care through knowledge translation, which is defined as “the synthesis, exchange, and application of knowledge by relevant stakeholders to…
Graph Quality in Top Medical Journals
Study objective Well-designed graphs can portray complex data and relationships in ways that are easier to interpret and understand than text and tables. Previous investigations of reports of clinical research…
Improving Publication Quality and Quantity for Acute Care Authors From Low- and Middle-Income Settings
Study objective Researchers from low- and middle-income countries have limited access to publishing and editing resources. This study describes a journal-initiated platform to improve publication quantity and quality in Sub-Saharan…
The Effect of Peer Review on the Quality of Data Graphs in Annals of Emergency Medicine
Study objective We determine how peer review affects the quality of published data graphs and how the appointment of a graphics editor affects the quality of graphs in an academic…
