Browsing: December 2020

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Neurology , Pediatric EM

MRI Confirmed Bell's Palsy Presenting with Multiple Cranial Nerve Involvement

12/1/2020 Gabrielle Ransford, MD , Vipin Philip, MD , Joel M. Clingenpeel, MD, MPH, FACEP
Bell's palsy, also called idiopathic facial nerve palsy, is the paralysis of facial motor function without an identifiable cause. It typically presents with sudden onset unilateral facial paralysis an
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Leadership , EMRA Board of Directors

Get to Know EMRA Representative to ACEP Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA

12/1/2020 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA
Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA, of Spectrum Health/Michigan State University, has been selected as the next EMRA Representative to ACEP - advocating for the concerns and issues important to the EM trainee.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to Know Director of Leadership Development Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C

12/1/2020 Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C
Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C, learned his leadership skills in the United States Air Force. Now he's pioneering a new role on the EMRA Board: Director of Leadership Development.
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Leadership , EMRA Board of Directors

Get to Know Director of Health Policy Maggie Moran, MD

12/1/2020 Maggie Moran, MD
In a year when health care policy is squarely in the spotlight, get to know new EMRA Board Director of Health Policy Maggie Moran, MD.
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Leadership , EMRA Board of Directors

Get to Know President-Elect Angela Cai, MD, MBA

12/1/2020 Angela Cai, MD, MBA
The EMRA Representative Council chose Angela Cai, MD, MBA, as EMRA President-elect in October. Get to know Dr. Cai.
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Leadership , EMRA Board of Directors

Get to Know Your President: RJ Sontag, MD

12/1/2020 RJ Sontag, MD
RJ Sontag, MD, inherited the gavel of EMRA President in October. Learn more about his goals, experience, and outlook.
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Heart of EM , COVID-19 , Wellness

Heart of EM: I Answered

12/1/2020 Sharland Johnson, MD
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hospital bursting at the seams and patients growing sicker and sicker as they edged toward a lonely death, I answered.
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Medical Education , Opinion-Editorial , COVID-19

Observations from Intern Year: First 60 Days

12/1/2020 Leslie Jewett, MD
What counts as the "first day"? Is it the intern welcome party? Hospital orientation? When computer access is finally granted? The intern class of 2020 has had a very different experience.
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Dermatology , Neurology , Infectious Disease

Coincident VZV Encephalitis and Otomastoiditis

12/1/2020 Aaron Tiffee, MD, FACEP , Kinnari Modi , Christina Chanthanivong
We explore a case of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation without typical skin findings in a 66-year-old patient who presented with mastoiditis and encephalitis.
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Infectious Disease

Lefamulin: Potential Role of a New Antibiotic in Community Acquired Pneumonia

12/1/2020 Mortatha Al-Bassam, MD , Vir Singh, MD, MBS , Bobby Desai, MD , Latha Ganti, MD, FACEP
A novel antibiotic that may play a role in ED management of community acquired pneumonia is lefamulin. What is this medication? How could it fit in the ED paradigm for pneumonia treatment?