Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Does Early Goal Directed Therapy Decrease Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock? (2/14/10)
• Does the Urine Dipstick and/or the Urine Microanalysis Correlate with a Culture Positive UTI in Febrile Children? (2/14/10)
• Do Steroids Administered in the Emergency Room Improve Mortality or Shock Reversal in Patients with Septic Shock? (2/14/10)
• During the Emergency Department Evaluation of a Well Appearing Neonate (<30 days of age) with a Fever, Should Empiric Acyclovir be Initiated? (1/11/10)
• The Measurement of Time to Antibiotics for Admitted Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in the ED (3/1/09)
• Initial Evaluation and Management of Patients Presenting with Acute Urticaria or Angioedema (7/10/06)
  • Treatment Flowchart

Clinical Practice Statements

In May 2008, the Clinical Practice Committee was given a new direction by the board of directors to develop brief clinical policy statements on current issues affecting emergency medicine physicians.

• What Evaluations Are Needed in Emergency Department Patients after a TASER Device Activation? (7/12/10)
  • Literature Review and References
• Is an Unenhanced CT Scan of the Abdomen and Pelvis Accurate in Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis in Adults? (6/1/10)
  • References
• Should Antiemetics be given Prophylactically with Intravenous Opioids while Treating Acute Pain in the Emergency Department? (6/1/10)
  • Literature Review and References
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) and Stroke: A Clinical Practice Advisory (4/12/10)
  • Advisory, Resources, and References