ACEP Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine

In the May 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss spinal epidural hematoma and abscess and upper-extremity pain treatments. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including late presentation of hyperthyroidism in a patient with trisomy 21 in Clinical Pediatrics, atypical medial collateral li...

In the January 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss the consequences of envenomation and acute vision loss. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including persistent dysuria in an adolescent girl in Clinical Pediatrics, an unusual case of osteomyelitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Tra...

In the April 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric seat belt injuries and diabetic foot infections. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including septic shock caused by a perforated appendix in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic cervical myelopathy following a fall in Critical Cases in Or...

In the March 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing abdominal and neck stab wounds and identifying and assisting victims of human sex trafficking. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric rash post vaccination in Clinical Pediatrics, ultrasound-guided aspiration of a se...

In the February 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric asthma and recognition and management of vaccine-preventable illnesses. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including the importance of a thorough family history in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic shoulder dislocation secondary to a...

In the December 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ABEM continuing certification and the evaluation and management of hemoptysis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including baking soda intoxication in Clinical Pediatrics, a multiligamentous knee injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics a...

In the November 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric head injuries and organisms resistant to antibiotics. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including lung injuries from vaping in Clinical Pediatrics, a high-pressure injection injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, a...

In the October 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss opportunistic infections in patients with HIV and presentations of pelvic inflammatory disease. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a winged scapula in Clinical Pediatrics, a die-punch fracture of the distal radius in Critical Cas...

In the September 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss management of the acutely agitated patient and metabolic acidosis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a feared complication of cystic fibrosis in Clinical Pediatrics, Morel-Lavallée lesions in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and...

In the August 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss liver disease and syphilis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including ultrasound of a skin abscess in Clinical Pediatrics, triplane fracture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, intrauterine device removal in The Critical Procedu...

In the July 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss deep vein thrombosis and small bowel problems. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including new-onset seizure in Clinical Pediatrics, bilateral patellar tendon rupture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, emergency needle decompressio...

In the June 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pericarditis presentations in the emergency department and esophageal emergencies. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including lead reversals in The Critical ECG, Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, trans-scaphoid perilunate and comp...

In the May 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss thyroid storm and pediatric headaches. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic hemipelvectomy in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, cold gastric lavage in The Critical Procedure, t...

In the April 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss illnesses of bioterrorism as well as upper GI bleeds. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including posterior auricular mass in Clinical Pediatrics, flexor tenosynovitis of the thumb in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, dorsal penile...

In the March 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome as well as traumatic spinal cord injury. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric diphenhydramine overdose in Clinical Pediatrics, open Achilles tendon laceration in Critical Case...

In the February 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing mpox as well as emergency presentations of inflammatory bowel and diverticular diseases. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including splenic laceration in Clinical Pediatrics, isolated subtalar dislocation in Critical Cases in O...

In the January 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss best practices for opioid administration as well as pediatric toxicology considerations. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including anaphylaxis caused by an aspirated foreign body in Clinical Pediatrics, Charcot neuroarthropathy of the a...

In the December 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss small bowel obstruction and ileus as well as septic arthritis and gout. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including acute otitis media in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic shoulder dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, the...

In the November 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss kidney stones as well as mesenteric ischemia. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including monkeypox in Clinical Pediatrics, an atypical presentation of gout in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, management of small, bleeding tongu...

In the October 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss caring for sexual assault victims as well as selecting appropriate critical care transport. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including moyamoya disease–induced stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, recurrent prosthetic hip dislocation in Critic...

In the September 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss medication for opioid use disorder as well as care for geriatric patients in the emergency department. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including ectopic pregnancy in Clinical Pediatrics, occult talus fracture in Critical Cases in Orth...

In the August episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss cervical artery dissection as well as drowning and submersion injury. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including Takayasu arteritis in Clinical Pediatrics, Lisfranc amputation after a crush injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, c...

In the July episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss back pain as a red-flag symptom as well as perirectal, perianal, and pilonidal abscesses. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including peritonsillar abscesses and deep space neck infections in Clinical Pediatrics, patella fracture with traumatic a...

In the June episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis as well as respiratory failure in a myasthenic crisis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis in Clinical Pediatrics, pelvic fractures with urethral...

In the May episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss postpartum emergencies as well as intimate partner violence. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including brain abscess and stroke risk in Clinical Pediatrics, orbital compartment syndrome in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, dental fractur...