Browsing: Infectious Disease

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Infectious Disease , Neurology

West Nile Virus Poliomyelitis: An Unnerving Re-emerging Disease on the Rise

8/10/2022 Patrick H. Mullett, MD , Ryan Brzycki, DO
It is important to consider West Nile Virus as a major cause of neuroinvasive disease and acute flaccid paralysis. If a febrile, altered patient comes into the ED with focal neurological deficits, it
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COVID-19 , Neurology

Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy After COVID-19

6/10/2022 Zariad Saran, DO , Elizabeth Clair, DO
Although post COVID-19 fatigue and weakness are common and often benign complaints, high suspicion for Guillain-Barré syndrome should be upheld when evaluating patients, as there have been numerous ca
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Infectious Disease , Neurology , Pediatric EM

Recognizing and Managing Epidural Abscess

6/10/2022 Nahal Massoudi, DO , Baturay Aydemir, MD
Rare, but possible, diagnosis of epidural abscess must be considered when a pediatric patient presents with back pain. When diagnosed, carefully evaluate the risks and benefits of medical versus surgi
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money

5/6/2022 Jacquelyn Callahan, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered ED patient volumes, resulting in decreased hours for emergency physicians and a difficult job market. Could the current fee-for-service reimbursement model
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COVID-19 , Social EM

COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Distribution in Emergency Departments

4/10/2022 Rachel Kearney, MPH , Olivia Reszczynski , Nick Friedman , Dominique Gelmann , Aneeqah Naeem , Alic Lu , Sherman Leung
Social EMpathy is a working group of medical students, residents, and faculty interested in social emergency medicine working together to organize initiatives in social EM topics. As part of Social E
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Toxicology , COVID-19

The Toxicology of COVID

4/10/2022 Michael Keenan, MD , Vincent Calleo, MD
Emergency physicians have watched with excitement the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. However, while we were watching the rapid scientific development, there was a concurrent wave of misguided
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Career Planning , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: The Doctor Will See You Now (Virtually)

3/6/2022 Caroline Bradford , Vidya Eswaran, MD
With patients and physicians becoming more familiar and dependent on the option of telehealth, it seems likely it will be here to stay in some form, even after the pandemic.
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Infectious Disease

Case Report: West Nile Encephalitis

2/12/2022 Jefferey S. Holoman, DO , Chad Gunsolly, DO
West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. This case report examines a case of headache, weakness, and gait ataxia in a 63-year-old male, with the
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Social EM , COVID-19

Office of Minority Health Announces 2022 Focus

2/12/2022
Every April, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) observes National Minority Health Month to highlight the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and reducing health dis
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COVID-19 , Career Planning , Wellness

Pandemic PTSD and Protecting Our Mental Health

12/12/2021 Crystal Pun , Brian Le, DO
After months of working on the front lines, emergency medicine attending physicians, residents, and medical students are all familiar with the routines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They work under the we

#FOAMed and External Sources

EM@3AM: Infectious Mononucleosis

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 11/19/2022

Infectious Diarrhea

Pediatric EM Morsels 11/10/2017

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment in the Emergency Department (Infectious Disease CME and Pharmacology CME)

Emergency Medicine Practice 12/01/2022

Infectious Endocarditis

HQMedEd.com 12/01/2016
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