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CORD Cases

Recorded at the 2008 Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) conference, these selected cases are teaching tools that illustrate the deliberation necessary to reach a correct diagnosis. Cases focus on uncommon presentations of common diagnoses and common presentations of uncommon diagnoses.
The CORD case format consists of a presenter who introduces the case (and later confirms diagnosis), and a discussant who attempts to solve the case based on careful consideration of the differential diagnosis. The downloadable cases are optimized for viewing on mobile mp4 devices. They can also be viewed from your desktop. Presented in conjunction with the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors. Due to lack of permissions, some images will not be shown.

18-Month-Old Boy with Sudden Ataxia and Dyspnea
33 minutes
Presenter: Amy Bishop, MD, Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center
Discussant: Matthew Deibel, MD, Synergy Medical Education Alliance

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34-Year-Old Male with Fever and Headache for One Month
34 minutes
Presenter: David Wallace, MD, Kings County Hospital Center/SUNY Downstate
Discussant: Richard Petrik, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville

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38-Year-Old Female with Chest Pain
34 minutes
Presenter: Frank Sabatino, MD, Synergy Medical Education Alliance, Michigan State University
Discussant: Stephanie M. Penton, MD, Grand Rapids MERC

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63-Year-Old Male with Right-Sided Facial Droop
34 minutes
Presenter: Casey Z. MacVane, MD, MPH, Maine Medical Center
Discussant: Matthew J. Lurin, MD, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

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The Case of the Popping Clavicle
30 minutes
Presenter: Jennifer Nofar Boukouris, MD, St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Discussant: Richard Bounds, MD, Christiana Care Health System

Child with Lethargy and Mental Status Changes
30 minutes
Presenter: Rupen G. Modi, DO, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Discussant: Joseph Rella, MD, New Jersey Medical School

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My Back Hurts: Severe and Radiating Lower Back Pain
25 minutes
Presenter: Andrew Lee, MD, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Discussant: Leigh A. Patterson, MD, East Carolina University

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Progressive Upper Back Pain
28 minutes
Presenter: Joel Herrington, MD, San Antonio Uniformed Services
Discussant: Patrick Hinfey, MD, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

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Slip in the New Year: Back and Stomach Pain
29 minutes
Presenter: Michele Harper, MD, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center
Discussant: Megan Fix, MD, Maine Medical Center

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Worst Headache Ever and Right-Sided Weakness
26 minutes
Presenter: Paul J. Krivickas, MD, William Beaumont Hospital
Discussant: Roger Chirurgi, MD, New York Medical College

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