The Mystery Case blog is an open access forum for users of AccessEmergency Medicine. This forum provides a resource for physicians and residents to debate case studies and share information on the latest advances in the field.

How to use this blog

In order to participate in the Mystery Case Blog, please register. After you have signed in, choose a case and review images/video/audio and patient history. Then, add to the case discussion by posting a response to the case questions and other participants’ posts. The Mystery Case blog also encourages you to post any new advances in the field relevant to the case. Once the case is answered correctly, the case contributor’s answer will post on the Answers page. The first non-subscriber to AccessEmergency Medicine will win a free 3-month subscription to AccessEmergency Medicine! Subscribers to AccessEmergency Medicine win bragging rights!

Contributors

Garth Meckler, MD, is Assistant Professor and Assistant Chief of Pediatric Emergency Services in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.

Muhammad Waseem, MD, is Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine (Clinical Pediatrics), Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York and attending physician at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx, New York.

Aaron Hexdall, MD, is the AAEM executive director for Latin America, the co-director for the International Emergency Medicine Initiative, and an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Please Note

Items contributed to this forum do not post immediately. AccessEmergency Medicine screens its submissions to ensure that spam, obscenities, or other inappropriate items are not included on the site. AccessEmergency Medicine does not screen on the basis of intellectual content, and debate is encouraged.

Submitting a Mystery Case to the Forum

If you would like the opportunity to contribute a case to this forum, please fill out the form found on our Contact page. Please put “Case Contributor’s Request” in the subject line, and include all pertinent contact information in the message.