Mak Moayedi, MD, and Lisa Babin, BS, a 2016 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, published a case report, “Pneumorrhachis Secondary to a Sacral Decubitus Ulcer,” in the July issue of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. It describes the rare finding of gas in the spinal c...
Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, collaborated with colleagues from the University of California, Irvine, on the article titled “Zika Virus: Critical Information for Emergency Providers,” published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America this month*.* The article reviews transmission patterns, ...
Michael Bond, MD, and Mike Abraham, MD, with Jason Brown, MD, and Stephen Shaheen, MD, recent residency graduates, published “The Orthopedic Literature 2015” in the August issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. The authors reviewed and summarized articles on the topics of acute compart...
Michael Bond, MD, director of our residency program, collaborated with James Ahn, MD, and P. Charles Inboriboon, MD, associate residency directors at the University of Chicago and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, respectively, on the article titled “Podcasts: Accessing, Choosing, Creating, an...
Several emergency medicine faculty members contributed to the article titled “The Impact of a Freestanding ED on a Regional Emergency Medical Services System,” published in the August issue of American Journal of Emergency Medicine. The authors report that the opening of the Shore Emergency Center i...
Two students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine spent several weeks in Rocky Mountain National Park last summer, talking with backcountry hikers about their ability to avoid emergencies and their preparedness in case one occurs. Using a written survey, Michael Yue, BA, MS-2, and David ...
Chrissie Tupe, MD, and Mike McCurdy, MD, published a case report (“A Fatal Case of Eczema Herpeticum with Septic Shock Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus”) in the July issue of the American Journal of Critical Care. In collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Medicine, th...
Zach Dezman, MD, MS, and Sarah Sommerkamp, MD, RDMS, published a case report titled “A Woman with Vaginal Bleeding and an Intrauterine Device” in the July issue of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. Their patient, who was pregnant despite her use of an IUD, was found to have a bicornuate ute...
Geriatric Emergencies: A Discussion-Based Review was published by Wiley Blackwell earlier this month. Amal Mattu, MD, served as its editor-in-chief and Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, as an associate editor. Chapters were contributed by Phil Magidson, MD (on the topic of ethical issues and end-of-li...
Laura Diegelmann, MD, RDMS, is a co-author of “Sonography in Hypotension and Cardiac Arrest (SHoC): Rates of Abnormal Findings in Undifferentiated Hypotension and During Cardiac Arrest as a Basis for Consensus on a Hierarchical Point of Care Ultrasound Protocol,” published in the April issue of Cure...