Urgent Updates | April 13
Sars-Cov-2 Crosses Placenta And Infects Brains Of Two InfantsResearchers have found for the first time that COVID infection has crossed the placenta and caused brain damage in two newborns. One...
Urgent Updates | March 23
Women lose more quality-adjusted life-years than men because of STDsEstimates of lifetime quality-adjusted life-years lost due to gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis were substantially higher among women than among men in 2018....
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) Q1 2023
Target AudienceThis CME activity is intended for medical professionals who practice medicine in the on-demand space including Urgent Care, retail medicine and other similar venues. These providers may include physicians,...
Cause for Applause Q1 2023
We would like to welcome the following new fellows of the College of Urgent Care Medicine! These fellows represent the best of us who work every day to provide the...
Urgent Updates: March 2023
Study Estimates Global Prevalence of SJS/TEN Linked to AntibioticsAccording to the first meta-analysis to examine the worldwide prevalence of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) in connection with antibiotics,...
Urgent Care Q&A Q1 2023
Should antibiotics be stopped in adults when a urine culture is negative? Although urine culture is currently regarded as the gold standard for diagnosis of UTI (albeit often retrospectively), midstream-voided urine...
Urgent Care Recommendations for Volume Surges – Q1 2023
Advanced planning for surges in Urgent Care volume should occur on both clinical and administrative levels. This planning should be done with protocols developed and be ready to be activated...
Management of Hand Injuries in Urgent Care – Q1
Brought to you by: Treatment of Dislocations Distal interphalangeal (DIP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP), and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) dislocations are often suspected on initial inspection. Dislocations are described using the position of the...
Poor Sensitivity Tests: What Are They Good For? – Q1 2023
Victoria Pittman, MPAP, PA-C Brought to you by: Poor Sensitivity Tests: What Are They Good For? Each shift, we order and interpret various diagnostic tests that inform our everyday therapeutic...
Subtlety, Jones’s Rule and the 12-Lead ECG – Q1 2023
Jerry W. Jones, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Section Editor, ECG The following 12-lead ECG was forwarded to me by one of my former Masterclass students.Figure 1Chief Complaint: Pressure-like central chest pain...