9/6/19 Skimming the Scoop

Intern Retreat Update: We received the unfortunate news this week that funding for Whitewater raftering has been pulled. No worries though! We are still going to have a blast hanging out together, eating oysters and ice cream, and going kayaking! Lunch Conference Case Report: There will be no Intern Morning Report this coming Monday, 9/9. We will instead … Continue reading 9/6/19 Skimming the Scoop

8.30.19 – what’s the 411?

friday 8.30.19 - the week's announcements

CKD of Unkown Cause – researchers look to climate change as the epidemic grows

a global medical mystery with devastating human consequences may be the first worldwide health crisis caused by climate change

giant cell myocarditis – rare, devastating, and unrelated to GCA

Giant Cell Myocarditis is a rare but devastating cause of Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy ... and it has NOTHING to do with GC Arteritis

you’re doing it wrong – well’s criteria and risk of PE

Using Well's Criteria for PE the way it was meant to be used. Posts on PERC and PESI coming soon!

Case Report

Resident Talks

Journal Club R3/R4 Talk Peer Review vs. Other

Evaluatee Form

Retreat Rides

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Chagas Disease – your Sub-I was right!

Chagas disease is on the rise in the United States and becoming more widespread. Why? How do these patients present, and how do we make the diagnosis and then treat them appropriately? How can we prevent further transmission? In this segment, Drs. Mizuho Morrison and Neda Frayha review the ins and outs of Chagas disease, one of five neglected parasitic infections in the U.S. according to the CDC.