Features

Cover Article

Lumbar Back Pain: From the Common to the Critical

William Alley, MD, and Barry Knapp, MD, FACEP

Clinical Article

Nonprescription Analgesics: Misunderstood and Abused

Kennon Heard, MD

Clinical Article

Recognizing and Managing Iron Toxicity

Christian Balmadrid, MD, and Michael Bono, MD

Clinical Article

Chronic Pain and Drug-Seeking in the Emergency Department

Susan C. Stone, MD, MPH, and Andrew Amaranto, MD

Editorial

Another ER Closes

Neal Flomenbaum, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Department

Emergency Ultrasound

Painful, Swollen Area on Right Arm

Phillips Perera, MD, RDMS, FACEP, and Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC

Quizzes

Emergency Imaging

Right Lower Quadrant Pain

Keith D. Hentel, MD

Diagnosis at a Glance

Pruritic Rash on Right Hand

Kirkland Lau, DO, and Stephen M. Schleicher, MD

Challenges in Sports Medicine & Orthopedics

Painful "Pop" in Right Shoulder

J. Michael Ray, MD, Ivette Guttman, MD, and Brian L. Patterson, MD