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Annals of B-Pod: Neurocysticercosis
The pork tapeworm likes to live peacefully in pigs and human intestines, but what happens when human brains become the incidental hosts of T. solium? Join us as Dr. Gawron recounts an interesting presentation of neurocysticercosis.
Grand Rounds Recap 3.4.20
We had an outstanding week in Grand Rounds, led off by a visiting lecturer and UC EM Class of 2013, Dr. Renee Salas. Dr. Salas is currently Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical school and a Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and Global Environment. Her talk was entitled “Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice - Implications for Emergency Medicine.” Next, Dr. Baez presented a fascinating Ultrasound Grand Rounds with Ultrasound M&M. Drs. Frederick and Walsh led us through their new clinical pathway for Non-Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding in their QI/KT. Dr. Klaszky gave his R4 Clinical Capstone lecture on how to make effective presentations.
Grand Rounds Recap 12.11.19
This week in grand rounds started off with Dr. Humphries reviewing the evidence of various interventions in traumatic cardiac arrest and providing a clear algorithm to follow in patients who suffer blunt traumatic cardiac arrest. We then had an in depth discussion on the approach to the encephalopathic patient in the Emergency Department. Dr. Bryant then presented some interesting cases that she had on her most recent trip to Guyana, followed by Dr. Ramsey’s in depth review of the emergent complications of acute leukemia. We finished off the day with our pediatric Emergency Medicine colleagues who led us through a simulation and oral boards cases.