Cauda Equina Syndrome
General Info/Intro The cauda equina is a collection of spinal nerves and nerve roots distal to the tapered end of the spinal cord, or conus medullaris.1 It consists of the second through fifth lumbar...
View ArticleAggressive BP Management in Patients with ICH
By Ben Cooper, MDIncoming Chief ResidentUT Southwestern / Parkland Memorial Hospital Case Scenario: A 46-year-old male was brought in by EMS from work for syncope. There were no neurologic deficits...
View ArticleConcussion Update
By Jennifer Robertson, MD Attending Physician – Emergency Medicine Cleveland Clinic General Info Concussion is a type of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that classically occurs in sports-related...
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How To Be A Clinical Rock Star Managing Subarachnoid Hemorrhages
How To Be A Clinical Rock Star Managing Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Author: Francesca Civitarese, DO (Attending EM Physician, UT Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Editors: Alex...
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Bounceback: An Unrelenting Headache
Author: Rachel Wightman, MD (Senior EM Resident, NYU) // Editors: Adaira Landry, MD, & Justin Bright, MD CC: Headache First visit HPI: 29 year old female with a prior history of headaches,...
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Acute Ataxia in the ED Highlights
Author: Josh Poles, DO (Attending Physician, John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas and Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Dallas, Texas) // Editors: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and...
View ArticleNeuro Intubation Highlights
Author: Josh Bucher (EM Chief Resident, Rutgers – RWJMS) // Editors: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and Manpreet Singh, MD (@MPrizzleER) You are working a busy shift when you receive a phone call from...
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Serotonin Syndrome and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Pearls & Pitfalls
Authors: Jacob Avila, MD and Jonathan Bronner, MD (EM Attending Physicians, University of Kentucky) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Chief Resident at...
View ArticleCan Giant Cell Arteritis Be Ruled Out in the ED?
Authors: Mike Butterfield, MD, MS, MPH1 and Lauren Jeang, MD2 (University of South Florida Departments of Emergency Medicine1 and Ophthalmology2) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and Brit...
View ArticleTreatment of Seizures in the Emergency Department: Pearls and Pitfalls
Author: Raul Hernandez, MD (EM Resident Physician, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital) and Mark Silverberg, MD (EM Attending Physician and Associate Residency Director, SUNY Downstate/Kings County...
View ArticleUndifferentiated Weakness: ED-Focused Approach and Management
Author: Laryssa Patti (EM Chief Resident, Robert Wood Johnson EM) // Edited by: Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital)...
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Stroke Mimics: Pearls and Pitfalls
Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UT Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital)...
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A Simplified Approach to the Patient with Dizziness
Author: Jacob Lotstein, MD (EM Chief Resident, Maine Medical Center) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) The dizzy patient is...
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Seizure Mimics
Originally published at Pediatric EM Morsels on May 1, 2015. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Sean M. Fox on twitter @PedEMMorsels Few things will frighten parents more than seeing their child...
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Updates on TIA
Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial...
View ArticleHeadache Management: Best Current Evidence for the ED
Author: Sara Adibi, MD (@deebs_6, EM Attending Physician, Baylor Scott & White at Centennial/Baylor Medical Center-Frisco) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW /...
View ArticleBrain Abscess: Pearls and Pitfalls
Author: Kristen Kann, MD (EM Staff Physician, SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit)...
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Pearls and Pitfalls
Authors: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Physician at SAUSHEC, USAF) and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by: Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd...
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“Dementia” in the emergency department: can you do anything about it?
Author: Diana Kay Coleman, MD (EM Resident Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit...
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Seizures in the First Year of Life
Author: Erica Simon, DO, MHA (@E_M_Simon, EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland...
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