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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.
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!
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.