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Grand Rounds Recap 9.25.2024
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Grand Rounds Recap 9.25.2024

Join us for another exciting week of Grand Rounds! This week, we had Morbidity and Mortality conference where we learned about posterior hip dislocations, hypertensive emergency, subacute combined degeneration secondary to nitrous oxide use, spinal epidural abscesses, small bowel obstructions, management of agitation in the Emergency Department, and status epilepticus. This was followed up by an R3 Taming the SRU lecture on high-grade heart block and transvenous pacemakers and a discussion on finding your niche in academic emergency medicine. We had an exciting R2 CPC case of acute salicylate toxicity, followed by intern core content with a discussion of penile disorders and urologic emergencies, and ended the day with Dr. Sobocinski's R4 capstone.

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Is Your Head Spinning? The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score
Journal Club, Grand Rounds Jeffery Hill, MD M.Ed Journal Club, Grand Rounds Jeffery Hill, MD M.Ed

Is Your Head Spinning? The Sudbury Vertigo Risk Score

There is a wide variation in practice, particularly in obtaining neuro-imaging in patients presenting with vertigo. Many patients are imaged and subjected to a longer length of stay, and on the other side of the coin, some patients with serious pathology fall through the cracks. The authors of this study set out to create a risk score to apply to patients who present to the ED with vertigo which would identify the patients at risk for serious pathology (which they defined as stroke, TIA, vertebral artery dissection, or brain tumor).

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Diagnostics: Blood Transfusion Reactions
Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD

Diagnostics: Blood Transfusion Reactions

Blood transfusion is a typical activity in Emergency Medicine and while consent to the side effects are fortunately uncommon, they are a core skillset so join Dr. Sprys-Tellner in learning the numbers and reactions that define the category.

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