Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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The objectives were to evaluate the presenting signs and symptoms of spinal cord and cauda equina compression (SCC) and to determine the incidence of emergency department (ED) misdiagnosis. ⋯ SCC can have a subtle presentation with absent or unilateral motor and sensory deficits, but gait ataxia may be an additional finding. ED misdiagnosis of SCC in nontrauma patients is common.
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The objective was to describe the early academic career activities of emergency physician (EP) scientists with recent Research Project Grant Program (R01) grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ⋯ For EPs, receipt of an R01 from the NIH requires more than a decade of work following the completion of training. This period is characterized by pursuit of advanced research training, active and accelerating publication and collaboration, and acquisition of smaller extramural grants.