A Pain in the Neck…and Groin: Diagnosis and Management of Herpes Meningitis
A Pain in the Neck…and Groin: Diagnosis and Management of Herpes Meningitis

A 43 year-old female with a past medical history of migraine headaches presented to the emergency department with a severe, diffuse headache. The headache started suddenly, waking her from sleep about two hours prior to arrival, and was described as the worst headache of her life. The headache was not improved with home ibuprofen or Tylenol, prompting her visit to the emergency department. Upon further questioning, the patient noted the headache was associated with neck stiffness, diaphoresis, and subjective fever…

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Infectious DiseaseDaniel Colemanherpes simplex virus, meningitisComment
AEM Early Access 50: Suicidal ideation is insensitive to suicide risk after ED discharge: performance characteristics of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener.

We hypothesized that groups of ED HCPs with differences in workplace risks might view the benefits of vaccine differently and that vaccine hesitancy would higher in people of color.

The COVID‐19 Evaluation of Risk in Emergency Departments (COVERED) project is a multicenter, prospective cohort surveillance project for SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among ED HCPs at 20 geographically diverse, high‐volume urban U.S. academic medical centers

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AEM Early AccessGita PensaEmergency Medicine, Medical EducationComment
Nothing Humerus About It: An Approach to Shoulder Dislocations
Nothing Humerus About It: An Approach to Shoulder Dislocations

A 52 year old male with a history of type 2 DM presented to the ED with right shoulder pain after a fall while stepping off a bus. The patient noted that he was unable to range the shoulder. Vitals were significant for HR of 104, otherwise unremarkable. On examination, the patient had a flattened shoulder with a “squared-off” appearance, a prominent acromion with the elbow flexed, and the arm held in slight abduction…

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Sports Medicine, Procedures, OrthopedicsKyle VolpeShoulder Dislocation, OrthopedicsComment