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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.
Grand Rounds Recap 01.27.2021
This week Dr. Hughes took us through the months Morbidity and Mortality cases. Dr. Shaw taught us what he has learned from the television show Scrubs. We learned about nausea and vomiting in pregnancy from Dr. Ferreri and ended the day with a minor care themed R3 small groups.
Bug Juice Potpourri
In this month's Journal Club, we covered several articles that looked at the use of antibiotics in the Emergency Department. Does adding Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole to Cephalexin increase the rates of clinical cure in uncomplicated cellulitis? For patients receiving Vancomycin in the ED, how many are appropriately dosed and how many receive a sufficient number of doses to hopefully limit the emergence of resistant bacteria? Are patients receiving Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam really at increased risk of acute kidney injury?