Pain
Expert Commentary
VIDEO: Use fiduciary duty to set pain medication boundaries
Physicians should use the concept of fiduciary duty to set appropriate boundaries with patients taking pain medications.
Commentary
Unsung Heroes: ED Social Workers
News
First EDition: News for and about the practice of Emergency Medicine
News
Federal plan emphasizes heroin/opioid treatment over incarceration
The Obama administration will spend an additional $13.4 million fighting opioid and heroin abuse, emphasizing treatment over law enforcement. The...
Clinical Review
Palliative Medicine in the ED
With the high number of patients presenting to the ED with life-limiting illnesses, the emergency physician plays a key role in palliative care—...
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: Managing Missed Methadone
After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.
Conference Coverage
NSAID monotherapy as effective as combinations for low back pain
Key clinical point: Patients prescribed naproxen sodium for low back pain at the emergency department had functional and pain scores similar to...
Conference Coverage
Intranasal evaporative cooling quickly quelled migraine
Key clinical point: A few minutes of concentrated intranasal hypothermia shows promise as rescue therapy for migraine attacks. Major finding:...
Conference Coverage
AHS: Intravenous diphenhydramine does not improve acute migraine outcomes
Intravenous diphenhydramine 50 mg combined with metoclopramide 10 mg IV did not induce a significantly improved sustained response, when compared...
Conference Coverage
ICOO: Massachusetts governor takes on opioid epidemic
The governor of Massachusetts, Charles D. Baker, promises to create viable strategies aimed at addressing the prescription opioid epidemic.