EmergiQuiz 2023

EmergiQuiz submissions are now being accepted for the 2023 AAP NCE!

EmergiQuiz is open to all current Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows, including those starting this July. This is an outstanding opportunity to choose and prepare a case write-up. Four fellows will be chosen To present at the Section on Emergency Medicine NCE on Saturday, October 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Honorable mention cases will be featured pre-conference at EmergiQuiz.com. The winner of the best case presentation and discussion will receive an honorarium.

Case Submission template forms and detailed submission instructions are below.  

The deadline for case submission is June 1, 2023 by midnight PDT 

Guidelines for Case Submission

Include both of the following forms for each case submitted:

There are 4 parts to the Case Submission Form:

Part 1: Description of the patient’s history, physical exam, ED evaluation (diagnostic, imaging, and other relevant studies) and ED/hospital course as it was known prior to uncovering the final diagnosis. Part 1 should conclude without revealing the final diagnosis.  Appropriate concluding statements could be: “and then the definitive diagnostic study was performed” or “The patient was admitted where the diagnosis was made on the 3rd hospital day”, etc.

Part 2: Continuation of the patient’s ED/hospital course – revealing the final diagnosis and how it was made.  A review of the literature, discussion of the differential diagnosis, or description of the features of the final diagnosis is not necessary for the submission.

PARTS 1 and 2 combined should not exceed 5 pages

Part 3:  Images or figures only if applicable

Part 4:  Case summary form which includes:

• Differential diagnosis
• Learning objectives for PEM providers

These elements are essential parts of the scoring of the cases

Additional guidance for Case Submission 

• Case title (The title of the case should not reveal the final diagnosis)
• Case summary parts 1&2 should not exceed 5 pages
• Save document with the title of your case as the file name.
• Do not include any personal identifying information in the case submission (this includes your name as the author of the word document file when saving the file.)

Cases will be scored anonymously by a panel of judges giving equal weight to all four criteria.

1. Relevance of learning objectives to PEM physicians
2. Value of differential diagnosis for PEM physicians
3. Uniqueness of information presented
4. Clarity and quality of case summary

EmergiQuiz submissions should be e-mailed no later than June 1, 2023 by midnight PDT

Confirmation that your case has been received will be in the form of a reply email. If you don’t receive an email reply within 3 business days, then please resend the submission. Notification of the selected cases will occur by August 15, 2023.

Please email all case submission materials to: 
Marideth Rus, MD, MEd
mcrus@texaschildrens.org

About EmergiQuiz

EmergiQuiz is a case-based presentation that challenges the audience to think through the differential diagnosis for a complex case. Each year, 4 pediatric emergency medicine fellows are chosen from a large pool of submissions to present a case.

First, fellows present “Part 1”. During this portion of the presentation, the fellow describes the presentation to the emergency department (ED) and initial studies obtained.

Next, another fellow, who has received only this portion of the case in advance, takes the information the team had in the ED and works through the differential diagnosis During “Part 2”. They then make the best guess on the final diagnosis.

Finally, the original fellow presenter returns to present “Part 3”, which continues the case after admission to the time of final diagnosis, followed by a brief review of the final disease process.

Cases presented are chosen by a panel of judges. After the selected cases are presented, the audience votes on the best case presentation, as well as the best discussion of an unknown case.

Check out the 2022 EmergiQuiz cases here

Check out the 2021 EmergiQuiz cases here

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Previous EmergiQuiz Cases

Year	Fellow	Diagnosis	Institution
2022	Julia Brant	Diencephalic syndrome	Colorado Children’s
2022	Gina Aloisio	PRES from pheochromocytoma	Texas Children’s
2022	Quinney Fu	Thymic hemorrhage	Phoenix Children’s
2022	Erika Cohen	Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis	LeBonheur U of Tennesee
2021	Jared Schiff	Bird fancier’s lung	CHLA
2021	Batool Hussain	G6PD presenting after Hep A	Children’s Hospital of Michigan
2021	Brittany Boswell	Pseudohypoaldosteronism secondary to UTI	Seattle Children’s
2021	Nick Watkins	Pseudothrombotic microangiopathy secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency	LeBonheur U of Tennesee
2020	Ashley Griswold Haggerty	Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinura	Virginia Commonwealth University
2020	Nichole McCollum	Posterior fossa mss presenting with stridor due to cranial nerve involvement	CNMC
2020	Chris Stem	Scurvy	Pittsburgh
2020	Kasi Eastep	Visceral larva migrans	University of Louisville
2019	Rachel Cafferty	Congenital syphillis	Colorado Children’s
2019	Baillie Lott	Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis	LeBonheur U of Tennesee
2019	Anneka Hooft	Latrodectism	UCSD/ Rady Children’s
2019	Joshua Haverland	Myasthenia gravis	Phoenix Children’s
2018	Lydia Rabon	Abdominal Compartment Syndrome due to MRSA Sepsis	Phoenix Children’s
2018	Wendi Wendt	Gout secondary to hyperparathyroidism	Michigan
2018	Jayceland Holland	Neonatal Purpura Fulminans secondary to Galactosemia	Vanderbilt
2018	Steve Janofsky	Traumatic Hemiplegic Migraine	Pittsburgh
2017	Julie Leviter	Addison’s Disease	Brown
2017	Tucker Anderson	Cat Scratch with neuroretinitis	Tennessee
2017	Caleb Ward	distal ileal volvulus 2/2 persistent omphalomesenteric duct	CNMC
2017	Seth Woolf	sacrococcygeal germ cell tumor	Yale
2016	Laura Sartori	factitious disorder	Vanderbilt
2016	Stephanie Moses	Pott’s Puffy Tumor from FB	Akron
2016	Emily Roben	Pyloric stenosis in 10 day old	Lurie Children’s/Northwestern
2016	Jessica Perniciaro	sepsis, retained prod of conception	CHLA
2015	Amy Delaroche	acquired HIV	Children’s Hospital Michigan
2015	Mariann Nocera	Flexeril overdose	Brown University Hasbro
2015	Kurtis Mayz	Kleine-Levin Syndrome	University of Michigan
2015	Adeola Kosoko	pulm AVM and non-TB mycobacterium	Texas Children’s
2014	Sathya Subramanian	anti-NMDAR encephalitis	SUNY Downstate Kings
2014	Ji Won Kim	Hyper IgM and PCP pna	Yale
2014	Tom Czolgosz	Mercury poisoning	Children’s Hospital Michigan
2014	Jonathen Auten	Molar pregnancy	UCSD Rady Children’s
2013	Alexie Cruz Puran	cyanide poisoning	Rochester
2013	Mujahida Baram	Opsoclonus myoclonus neuroblastoma	St. Louis Univ./Cardinal Glennon
2013	Amanda Price	status epilepticus from bartonella	Medical Univ S Carolina
2013	Matthew Thornton	thyrotoxic hypokalemic paralysis	Yale
2012	Brian Bassham	ethylene glycol	Vanderbilt
2012	Jessica Chen	lidocaine toxicity, burns	Akron
2012	Saranya Srinivasan	scurvy	CHLA
2012	Ryan Caltagirone	Vtach	Colorado Children’s
2011	Julia Lloyd	Acute rheumatic fever and septic arthritis	Children’s Memorial
2011	Irma Ugalde	anomalous left coronary from aortic sinus between Ao and PA	UT Southwestern
2011	Mike Baldovsky	Aortic Dissection	LeBonheur Univ or Tennessee
2011	Keith Weisz	Sickle cell trait, splenic sequestration	Denver Children’s
2010	Thuy Ngo	endocarditis & septic emboli	Texas Children’s
2010	Todd Florin	Lemierre’s	CHOP
2010	Brian Costello	Septo-optic dysplasia	Emory
2010	Katrina Iverson	viral myocarditis	Michigan
2009	Jennifer Jacob	Duodenal atresia w/ hypoMg dehyd & sz’s	Rady Children’s UCSD
2009	Lorraine Ng	Lupus	Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
2009	Rachel Tuuri	Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease	Children’s Memorial (Northwestern)
2009	Ted Brenkert	Rat-bite fever	Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital (Vanderbilt)
2008	Katie Nicholson	Hypocalcemia	Yale
2008	Purva Glover	Myesthenia	Akron Childrens
2008	Jason Adams	Pulmonary AVM	AI Dupont
2008	Joe Grubenhoff	Thyroxine poisoning	Denver Childrens
2007	Cathy James	Arsenic Poisoning	Boston Children’s
2007	Derya Caglar	Multifocal Osteo	CHLA
2007	Sabah Iqbal	TAPVR	Children’s National
2007	Javier Vializ	Thiamine deficiency	St. Chris
2006	Hallie Keller	Airway/esop FB	Utah
2006	Jennifer Marin	ALL of spine	CHOP
2006	Pavan Zaveri	Coarct of abd aorta	Children’s National
2006	Myto Doung	Osteo/septic phlebitis	SL Childrens
2005	Stephanie Doniger	Brucella	San Diego
2005	Christine Cho	CF	CHOP
2005	Cara Doughty	Pheo of bladder	Texas Children’s Hospital
2005	Kelli Petronis	Splenic rupture	King’s Daughters
2004	Pia Meyers	Cardiac rhabdo	Miami
2004	Manoj Mittal	Hypercalcemia/ALL	CHOP
2004	Rakesh Mistry	Miller-Fisher syndrome	Milwaukee
2004	Peter Antevy	Pertussis	Pitt
2003	Laurie Lawrence	acetaminophen tox	Vanderbilt
2003	Russ Horowitz	cardiomeg/rickets	Northwestern
2003	Mardi Steere	DVT/pelvic rhabdo	Jax
2003	Joseph Allen	Neonatal herpes	Texas Children’s Hospital
2002	Annalise Sorrentino	CO poisoning	Birmingham
2002	Allen Hsaio	Duodenal hematoma, IBM	Yale
2002	Kelly Butler	Psoas abscess, appi	Vanderbilt
2002	Hannah Smitherman	Strep A, epistaxis	Texas Children’s Hospital
2001	Alonna Norberg	Abuse	Akron Children’s
2001	Jason Little	CAH
2001	William Stauffer	Intussusception	Mineapolis
2001	Sabrina Perkins	Renal art thrombosis with hypertension	CMC Dallas
2000	Ada Earp	Endocarditis	Texas Children’s Hospital
2000	Theresa Maldonado	Myocarditis	Montefiore
2000	Anna Karpas	Shock/traumatic VSD	Milwaukee
2000	Lina Abujamra	Vertebral artery dissection	Jax
1999	Lisa Skokan	Ehrlichiosis	Utah
1999	Laura Sells	Osteo of c-spine	Columbus
1999	Sandy Garcia	Pseudohypoparathyroid	Texas Children’s Hospital
1999	Julia MacDonald	Septic arthritis	Louisville
1998	David DeLemos	Burkitt’s lymphoma/htn	Texas Children’s Hospital
1998	Ron Kaplan	Ethylene toxicity	Boston Children’s
1998	Cecilia Carubelli	Neurocysteicercosis	CMC Dallas
1998	Brian Gilligan	SBO from adhesions	UF at JAX
1997		Adrenal insufficiency	Akron Children’s
1997	Donna Mendez	Spinal cord AVM	Texas Children’s Hospital
1997	Kimberly Aaron	Theophylline tox	Texas Children’s Hospital
1997		Visual changes in sickle cell disease