Official twitter account for the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Our goal is to collaborate and to bring more clinical pearls and EBM to the social media world
JEM Case of the Week Answer: Pt sustained a hematoma localized to the right arytenoid cartilage from laryngeal injury. A surprise finding for a low mechanism injury! Read the full case here @aaeminfo#medtwitterjem-journal.com/article/S073…
JEM Case of the Week: 79 yo M on a DOAC presents with a ground level fall. He has soft tissue swelling to the occiput and noted acute onset voice changes after the fall. Airway is intact on exam. What is the finding on CT? Answer posted Thursday #medtwitter@aaeminfo
JEM Case of the Week: 8 yo M with history of atopic dermatitis presents with the following rash. Ddx? Next Steps? Answer posted Friday @aaeminfo#medtwitter
JEM Article of the Week: Thanks for all who participated in the twitter poll. Check out this comparison of continuous lavage vs intermittent dwelling for rewarming a pt. @WakeEMresidency@aaeminfojem-journal.com/article/S073…
A 55 yo M presents to the ED in hypothermia after falling through the ice. Due to the degree of hypothermia, you prepare for thoracic lavage with warm fluids, but your resident asks, which technique is best? What do you suggest? @aaeminfo#medtwitter
JEM Article of the Week: 75 yo M presents with history of CAD, HTN presents with acute onset flank pain and lightheadedness. What is the diagnosis in the #POCUS image? Check out this article on how good #POCUS is for this dx. @aaeminfo@long_britjem-journal.com/article/S073…
JEM Case of the Week: 74 yo M presents with OHCA. He was intubated and ROSC achieved 6 minutes in. What is the diagnosis on TEE? Answer posted Thurs @aaeminfo#POCUS#medtwitter
JEM Case of the week. A 69 yo F with history of chronic debilitation secondary to psychiatric illness presents with a fall. On ROS she notes chronic cloudy vision from the R eye for years. What is the finding on #POCUS Answer posted Friday #medtwitter@aaeminfo
JEM Case of the Week: Have you ever wondered if that shift was crazy because you feel like you are a "black cloud." Check out this study of Black Clouds in Emergency Medicine: Perception vs. Reality in clinical workload. @aaeminfo#medtwitterjem-journal.com/article/S073…
Congratulations to the AAEM/JEM Resident and Student Research Oral Abstract winners!
1st Place: Justin Townsend, DO
2nd Place: Felicia Tanu
3rd Place: Jared Cloutier, MS-III
JEM Case of the Week Answer: Pt got a CT face with IV contrast that demonstrated a large left TMJ effusion, widening of the left TMJ space with displacement of the mandibular condyle, and focal erosion. Dx= Septic TMJ joint. See full case here @UPennEMjem-journal.com/article/S073…
JEM Case of the Week: 9 yo F presents with 3 weeks of recurrent L ear pain, now a low grade fever, and some trismus. On exam you note her jaw seems to deviate towards the right (photo) and she is tender at the L TMJ. Next steps? Ddx? Answer posted Thursday #medtwitter@aaeminfo
JEM Case of the Week Answer: After discharge she presented the next day with worsening pain. RVP was positive for mycoplasma pneumoniae and she had an IgA Vasculitis! Check out the full case here #medtwitter@aaeminfo@UCSDEMResidencyjem-journal.com/article/S073…
JEM Case of the week: 63 yo female with PMH of HLD, eczema, plantar fasciitis, presents with flu-like symptoms and the following rash a few hours after applying the diclofenac gel to her feet for plantar fasciitis pain. DDx? Next Steps? Answer posted Thurs #Medtwitter@aaeminfo
Staying on our EM Boarding theme this week, and being solution focused, check out this great article on the impact of Transition Units on ED Crowding: A before-and-after study @aaeminfo#medtwitterjem-journal.com/article/S073…
JEM Case of the Week: As we face a boarding crisis in EM, triaging who gets a room first remains a challenge. Check out this article on sociodemographic disparities in ED wait times at an urban academic medical center #FOAMed@aaeminfojem-journal.com/article/S073…