Grand Rounds Recap 11.8.23

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Grand Rounds Recap 11.8.23

We start off the day with our quarterly Airway Grand Rounds, where Dr. Carleton discussed the intricacies of performing an awake look intubation. We then transitioned into a brief operations update on the department, followed by a great discussion regarding heavy metal toxicity with Dr. Boyer during his R1 Clinical Knowledge lecture. We were then honored to host Dr. Curran, an associate professor in the Division of Hematology Oncology and specialist in acute hematologic malignancies, for our consultant corner where we discussed acute leukemia. Finally, we wrapped up the day with combined grand rounds with our pediatric colleagues where we practiced a case of DKA during simulation as well as discussed pediatric EKGS and airways. Lots to learn this Wednesday!

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.21.23

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.21.23

This week’s grand rounds starts off strong with the last Morbidity and Mortality of the year presented by Dr. Zalesky. This included multiple stimulating cases including meningitis, procedural safety, acute aortic syndromes, hemophilia, electrical storm, and euglycemic DKA. Finally, we wrap up the day with a lecture on the science behind wellness with Dr. Martella.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.7.23

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.7.23

This week Dr. Diaz starts off with a challenging case of massive upper GI bleed managed with balloon tamponade. We then moved into a case follow-up with profound electrical storm and recurrent ventricular arrhythmias secondary to a STEMI. Following this, we took a deep dive into waveform capnography regarding normal physiology and alterations with lung pathology with Dr. Wilson. Next, we had an exciting CPC showdown where Dr. Bryant successfully diagnosed Dr. Haffner’s case of valproic acid toxicity presenting with hyperammonemic encephalopathy. We closed with Dr. Wosiski-Kuhn outlining the difficulty of intubation in a patient with DKA and severe metabolic acidosis.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.28.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.28.22

This week we had a tour de force of education goodness. We started off with Dr. Mullen presenting Morbidity and Mortality Conference. This was followed with an updated DKA QI/KT protocol developed by Dr. Shaw and Dr. Glenn. More great faculty Core Content was brought by Dr. Irankunda elucidating high pressure injection injuries. We wrapped up the day with some research nuggets with Dr. Freiermuth.

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