Trivia Time! A PTA by Any Other Name...
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For fun and edification, here's a series of trivia questions on peritonsilar abscess to get your week started!
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Grand Rounds Recap 8.9.17
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This week's Grand Rounds began with Quarterly Sim led by Dr. LaFollette who walked us through a case of cardiogenic shock and neutropenic fever. Dr. Curry led us through an oral boards triple case with an unstable MCC, a FB ingestion and perforated viscous. Dr. Hill presented an eOrals case of thyroid storm. Lastly was PEM-EM combined conference, led by Dr. Wurster Ovalle, which focused on the treatment of pediatric DKA with a special focus on cerebral edema.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 8.2.17
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This week was filled with lots of high yield quick hit Grand Rounds sessions. Dr. Stolz kicked it off with her first official lecture as UC EM's Ultrasound Director with a talk on how to use ultrasound in resuscitation of the shock patient. Next Dr. Knight went over some procedural complications and then switched gears to pearls on how to give a stellar lecture. Dr. Lagasse walked us through a case of ascending cholangitis followed by Drs. Colmer, Soria and Continenza who led small groups focused on care of the geriatric patient. Dr. Toth followed with management of eye complaints in the community and Dr. Shaw wrapped things up with an update on the opioid epidemic in Ohio.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 7.26.17
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In this week's Grand Rounds, we led with our first Morbidity and Mortality conference of the year. Dr. Lagasse walked us through cognitive biases, the management of early obstetric emergencies, and the management of skin and soft tissue infections in the diabetic foot. In our leadership curriculum, Drs Hill and Stettler discussed the fundamentals of being a leader, and we got to hear from a panel of accomplished physicians within our department about their own leadership journey. Finally, in our Consultant of the Month series, Dr. Martha Ferguson discussed the management of ano-rectal conditions in the Emergency Department.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 7.12.17
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In this week's Grand Rounds, Dr. McDonough spearheaded a discussion of the art of breaking bad news in the Emergency Department. Drs Dang, Renne and Teuber led us through a focused management of obstetric emergencies: placental abruption, difficult deliveries and the pregnant traumatic arrest patient.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 7.5.17
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In our first Grand Rounds of the academic year, we started with Dr. Pancioli teaching us about the history of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Palmer discussed team work and the case for building social capital and Dr. LaFollette worked through the disposition of patients with chest pain. Our clinical pharmacist Chris Droege, PharmD discussed the evolving landscape of agents we have to reverse oral anticoagulants.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 6.28.2017
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The last Grand Rounds of the 2016-2017 academic year kicked off with M&M with Dr. Betham presenting on EKGs, vitamin deficiencies, sepsis and hemorrhoids. Dr. Deb Gerdes brought us a global health update and Dr. Titone taught us about hyperthermic emergencies.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 6.21.17
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This week's Grand Rounds were jammed packed with Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia pearls, first from Dr. Carleton and then from Drs. Dang and O'Brien. Drs. Thompson and Lagasse walked us through can't miss x-rays during small groups. Dr. Nagle taught us about pediatric EKGs.
Read MoreSmall Kids and Squiggle Lines - An Introduction to Pediatric EKG Interpretation
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It’s a typical shift in your community shop when you see a patient on the board that makes you nervous. 2 year old male with syncope. It’s been awhile since you have treated someone born in the 21st century and you know this child’s workup will likely involve an EKG. The closest pediatric hospital is 2 hours away. How comfortable do you feel interpreting the squiggle lines generated by this little heart?
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 6.14.17
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Dr. Ventura discusses the value of head CT and risk factors of CNS complications in HIV. Dr. Goel discussing the cognitive biases that drive decision making in EM. Dr. Stettler taught us that framing feedback can be as important as giving it and finally our CCHMC colleagues run through some difficult tox and airway cases. Plenty of learning to go around this week!
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 6.7.17
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This week Airway Guru Dr. Carleton walks through the perils of peri-intubation hemodynamic instability, and how we can use changes in pre-oxygenation and induction methods to reduce the chance of intubation M&M. Afterwards, Dr. Riddle covers terminology, dogma and how to care of our LGBT patients.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 5.31.2017
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Dr. McKean led off with a breakdown of perforated viscous, Dr. Neel of neurology gave cases of complex neuropathology and Dr. McKee presents a case of hypercalcemia with Dr. Hill in this week's CPC. Also Dr. Banning covers cases and basics of LFT analysis with plenty more in this week's Grand Rounds Recap
Read MoreLiver Function Tests Decoded
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If the chief complaint of your patient is abdominal pain, altered mental status, overdose, generalized weakness chances are you at least considered ordering a hepatic panel. In fact, studies show that the hepatic panel is the third most common laboratory test ordered in the emergency department only behind the CBC and renal panel. If emergency medicine physicians are so quick to order this test, it is important to also know how to interpret all the little red arrows that often accompany your results. For this we will review each component and even (wait for it) … a little biochemistry!
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 5.24.2017
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Grand Rounds kicked off this week with Dr. Axelson's final M&M of the year where we learned about hypertensive emergencies, 2nd & 3rd trimester vaginal bleeding, the care of the sick asthmatic, which bronchiolitics can go home and how exactly to treat the many forms of UTIs. Drs. Kircher and Murphy-Crews continued the learning with a case follow-up about intubating patients with airway stents and pediatric head injury, respectively. Our joint EM-Peds lecture rounded out the day with visual diagnoses in peds.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 5.10.2017
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This week in Grand Rounds: We started with a grab bag of oral boards cases, Whitney Bryant lead us in a discussion of the broad scope of global health and why it should be important to emergency physicians, and Dr. Bernardoni lead us through a case of hyperkalemia and A fib with RVR.
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