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.

2023

• Can Application of Artificial Intelligence Improve ED Triage Performance? (PDF) - (4/21/2023)
  • References and Literature Grading (PDF)

2022

• Interruptions in the Emergency Department (4/23/2022)
  • A Collaborative Statement between the AAEM Clinical Practice and Wellness Committees 
• ECMO in ED for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PDF) - (4/23/2022)
  • References and Literature Grading (PDF)

2021

• Can Risk Stratification Tools be Utilized to Safely Discharge Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients from the Emergency Department? (PDF) - 11/10/2021
  • References and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: Recognizing and Meeting the Needs of Seriously Ill Patients (PDF) - 9/16/21
  • References (PDF)
• How Should Native Crotalid Envenomation Be Managed in the Emergency Department? (PDF) - Updated 8/16/2021
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Do patients on Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) require repeat imaging and a period of observation after a head injury with an initial negative CT? (PDF) - 4/8/2021
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)

2020

• What is the Emergency Department Management of Patients with Angioedema Secondary to an ACE-inhibitor? (Reviewed/Updated from 2011) (PDF) - 11/12/2020
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Triage Nurse-Ordered Testing in the Emergency Department Setting (PDF) - 6/5/2020
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Telemetry Bed Usage for Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pain (Reviewed/Updated from 2011) (PDF) - 4/19/2020
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)

2019

• What Evaluations Are Needed in the Emergency Department Patients after a TASER Device Activation? (Reviewed/Updated from 2010) (PDF) - 10/7/2019
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• What Is the Role of Intravenous and Intraoral Contrast in CT Evaluation of Acute Appendicitis? (PDF) - 6/7/2019
  • Reference and Literature Grading  (PDF)
• Should Antiemetics be Given Prophylactically with Intravenous Opioids While Treating Acute Pain in the Emergency Department?  (Reviewed/Updated from 2010) (PDF) - 6/7/2019
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• The Use of qSOFA in the Emergency Department (PDF) - 4/8/2019
  • Reference and Literature Grading  (PDF)

2018

• What is the Role of Thrombolysis in Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism? with references (PDF) - 11/28/2018
  • Literature Grading (PDF)
• Is Lactate Measurement in the Emergency Department Valuable as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Adult Patients with Sepsis? (PDF) - 11/28/2018
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)

2017

• During the Emergency Department Evaluation of a Well Appearing Neonate with Fever, Should Empiric Acyclovir be Initiated? (PDF) - 7/10/17
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• What is the Role of Reversal Agents in the Management of ED Patients with Dabigatran-Associated Hemorrhage? (PDF) - 6/30/17
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Can an Age-Adjusted D-Dimer be Used to Safely Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism in Emergency Department Patients? (PDF) - 3/20/17
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• Ultrasound for the Diagnosis and Management of Ureterolithiasis in the Emergency Department (PDF) - 3/17/17
  • Literature Grading (PDF)
• What is the Preferred Resuscitation Fluid for Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock? (PDF) - 3/17/17
  • Reference and Literature Grading (PDF)
• tPA and Ischemic Stroke: Focused Update of 2010 Clinical Practice Advisory from the American
  Academy of Emergency Medicine (PDF) - 3/17/17
  • References and Literature Grading (PDF)

 

2016

• Does Early Goal-Directed Therapy Decrease Mortality Compared with Standard Care in Patients with Septic Shock? (PDF) - 2/17/2016
  • References and Literature Grading (PDF)

 

View archived Clinical Practice Statements.

 

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• What is the Emergency Department Management of Patients with Angioedema Secondary to an ACE-inhibitor? (PDF) - 4/11/2011
  • Literature Search and References (PDF)
• Does Early Goal Directed Therapy Decrease Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock? (PDF) - 2/14/10
• Does the Urine Dipstick and/or the Urine Microanalysis Correlate with a Culture Positive UTI in Febrile Children? (PDF) - 2/14/10
• Do Steroids Administered in the Emergency Room Improve Mortality or Shock Reversal in Patients with Septic Shock? (PDF) - 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? (PDF) - 1/11/10
• The Measurement of Time to Antibiotics for Admitted Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in the ED (PDF) - 3/1/09

 

Committee Resources

• New Protocols for CPC Statements (PDF) - 2/22/18
• Options for Submitting a Board Approved CPC Paper for JEM Consideration