Grand Rounds Recap 01.08.20

Grand Rounds Recap 01.08.20

This week we brought in the new Roaring 20s with an exciting lineup. Drs. Gauger, Humphries, Jarrell, and Owens led us through a simulated case of hypertensive emergency in a cocaine body packer. Dr. Gressick taught us about blunt carotid artery injuries, and Dr. Gottula discussed resuscitation of septic patients with comorbid CHF and ESRD. Dr. Ham took a detour from clinical topics to discuss how to go about finding your niche in medicine, and Dr. Doerning increased our financial literacy with his high-yield points. Finally, our colleagues from Cincinnati Children’s helped us learn the nuances of having difficult conversations with children and their families.

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Grand Rounds Recap - 8/20/14

Grand Rounds Recap - 8/20/14

An Update on CHF w/ Dr. Fermann

The phenotype of acute presentation of heart failure can be dramatically different. Consider the difference between the hypotensive patient who has very poor cardiac output now in cardiogenic shock requiring pressors (these have a very poor outcome), the normotensive patient who has slowly become retained fluid, and the acutely hypertensive patient who presents in extremis (who actually does quite well even though they are so sick on arrival).

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