Grand Rounds Recap 9.8.21

Grand Rounds Recap 9.8.21

Join us as we recap another informative week of grand rounds, exploring opiate use disorder and medication assisted therapy, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, caring for immunosuppressed heme-onc patients with new therapies, high-value care, perforated peptic ulcers, and laryngectomy tubes!!

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.1.21

Grand Rounds Recap 9.1.21

Another excellent week of Grand Rounds reflection and learning. Check out the recap here as Dr. Curry shares insights from his work with OH-TF1 on the Surfside Building Collapse, Drs. Kein and Stark provide evidence-based recommendations for management of NSTEMI patients, Dr. Hunt discusses a case of basilar stroke in a patient with SLE, Dr. Milligan challenges Dr. Benoit with a pediatric acute urinary retention case, and Drs. Goff, Ramsey, and Zalesky provide quick hit wisdom in the “There will be blood” edition of the R3 small groups.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.18.21

Grand Rounds Recap 8.18.21

Join us for another awesome week of grand rounds as Dr. Negron takes us through compartment syndrome, Dr. Meigh discusses esophageal tamponade balloons, Dr. Stolz discusses the finer points of traumatic arrest, and Dr. Connelly provides us with some Air Care updates!

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.11.21

Grand Rounds Recap 8.11.21

Another awesome week of Grand Rounds! If you couldn’t catch it live check out the summary here! Dr. Haffner discusses mesenteric ischemia, Dr. Roblee addresses dealing with patient deaths, Dr. Thompson gives us insight into quality improvement, Dr. Goodman reviews product resuscitation in trauma patients, and Dr. Ketabchi, one of our esteemed PEM fellows, takes us through neonatal sepsis.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.4.21

Grand Rounds Recap 8.4.21

This week, Dr. Otten reveals the toxicology that flourishes around us in his discussion of poisonous plants, Dr. Doerning shares his wisdom on finances for physicians and perspective on applying for EM jobs, Dr. Jarrell introduces us to key concepts in social emergency medicine as they relate to substance use disorder and harm reduction, Dr. Comiskey discusses the presentation and treatment of calcium channel blocker overdose, Dr. Berger reflects on dual process theory, cognitive forcing, and beauty in unlovely places, and our ED Pharmacists discuss Factor Xa reversal, NMDA dosing and reversal, and general updates.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.28.21

Grand Rounds Recap 7.28.21

This week Dr. Urbanowicz provides great case-based learning through morbidity and mortality, Dr. Hassani provides pearls from case follow-ups, Drs. Betz, Gawron, and Milligan introduce us to sports medicine, Dr. Wosiski-Kuhn challenges us with a CPC case, and Dr. Roche provides guidance to improve out teamwork.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.21.21

Grand Rounds Recap 7.21.21

Join us as Dr. Irankunda reflects on lessons learned throughout residency applied to a case of sulfonylurea toxicity, Dr. Winslow discusses multiple treatment modalities for refractory ventricular fibrillation, Dr. Benoit presents Cynefin Framework as a way to approach decision making in our disordered ED world, Dr. Zacharias discusses bicarbonate administration in acidosis, Dr. Adan discusses how to approach management and disposition for trauma patients in the community, and Dr. LaFollette challenges residents with a lower GI bleed in the Quarterly Simulation

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.7.21

Grand Rounds Recap 7.7.21

Join us as we review another excellent week of grand rounds where neurocritical care fellow Dr. Ham takes us through airway management in the neurocritically injured, Dr. Stolz improves our cardiac ultrasound skills, Dr. Lang discusses the OMI/NOMI EKG findings, Dr. Carleton elevates our use of extraglottic devices, and ENT consultant Dr. Patil provides some tips on managing difficult airways!

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.30.21

Grand Rounds Recap 6.30.21

Join us for the first Grand Rounds of the new academic year!! Dr. Pancioli takes us through the history of emergency medicine, discusses the difficulties faced throughout 2020, and our new ground breaking emergency department which will further allow us to give excellent emergency care. Dr. McDonough walks us through breaking bad news and difficult discussions. Last but not least, Dr. LaFollette challenges us with some clinical conundrums and practice paradigms.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.23.21

Grand Rounds Recap 6.23.21

It is the last Grand Rounds of the academic year and we have some heavy hitters this week! Dr. Hughes reviews cases and shares clinical pearls in this month’s morbidity and Morbidity and Mortality. Dr. Wolochatiuk tames a crashing pulmonary embolism in the SRU. Dr. Skrobut discusses the toll that EM takes on all of us. Dr. Paulsen discussess supervision, professional development, and burnout.

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Grand Rounds Recap 06.16.21

Grand Rounds Recap 06.16.21

This week’s Grand Rounds was kicked off by Dr. Fadlalla from Internal Medicine, who described his journey to a career in global health. Dr. Rafferty from Colorectal Surgery discussed anorectal disease in the Emergency Department. Drs. Milligan and Hall expertly led us through the diagnosis and treatment of dyspepsia. CPC featured a case of HUS from Dr. Winslow that Dr. Continenza walked us through. We finished with a review of genitourinary disease by Drs. Gawron, Hassani, Laurence, and Walsh.

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Grand Rounds Recap 06.09.21

Grand Rounds Recap 06.09.21

This week’s Grand Rounds was kicked off with our inaugural “The Art of EM” lecture that included a panel of our esteemed non-UC trained faculty members Drs. Lang, Minges, D.Thompson, Adan, and Stolz. Dr. Gillespie then expertly led us through hand infections in her R1 Clinical Knowledge lecture. Drs. Comiskey & Crawford took us on a deep dive of the literature surrounding the evaluation and management of DVTs. Lastly, our PEM colleagues walked us through a great video-simulation case series on critical pediatric cardiac pathology!

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Dyspepsia in the ED

Dyspepsia in the ED

Dyspepsia and epigastric pain secondary to gastritis is a common presentation seen in the Emergency Department. Patients with dyspepsia want both quick and sustained relief of their symptoms. A thorough understanding of the evidence behind acute and long-term treatments of dyspepsia is key. In this post, Dr. Justine Milligan outlines the many treatment options available to the ED provider.

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