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2020 is the perfect year to learn about headaches! This week we have four hosts for our fourth episode, and two of our guests make first-time appearances. Kyle (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) , Nathan (MS4), and Danny (MS4) through a case he had of a 45-year old female with a headache presenting for a second time to the Emergency Room. How would approach this case? As always, we learn a couple of very important points about one etiology of headaches, and you can check out a great approach to headaches on the EM Clerkship podcast, and here’s a great reference for headaches from ACEP’s clinical policies. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please email us at emjccast@gmail.com

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Here’s one article we presented today Nesher, G., & Breuer, G. S. (2016). Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: 2016 Update. Rambam Maimonides medical journal, 7(4), e0035 . And here’s the other article presented Salehi-Abari, I. (2016). 2016 ACR revised criteria for early diagnosis of giant cell (temporal) arteritis. Autoimmune Dis Ther Approaches, 3, 1. Here’s another great article on Temporal Arteritis Smetana, G. W., & Shmerling, R. H. (2002). Does this patient have temporal arteritis?. JAMA, 287(1), 92–101. A super interesting article on retinal migraines, which our lovely producer Bella found for us Al Khalili Y, Jain S, King KC. Retinal Migraine Headache. [Updated 2020 Jun 27]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan.

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