September 26th, 2008 at 3:15 am by Nick Conference was a little different this week. Thanks to all who visited — Sinai EM grad Dr. Roland Merchant of Brown, Professor Paul Klotman, Sinai’s Chair of Medicine, and Dr. Calfee from ID. Also thanks to our own speakers and panelists –Drs. Goodman, Nassisi, Jagoda, Strother and Shoenstein.
Some points I thought bear repeating, or that I want to expand upon:
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September 26th, 2008 at 3:11 am by Nick Please join us on 10/1 for Emergency Medicine Departmental Conference, in the 8th floor conference room at Elmhurst Hospital.
The day’s planned activities are below:
8am Board Review — Dr. Nick Genes
9am Journal Club — Dr. Rakhee Mahajan
10am Research Lecture Series — Dr. Ula Hwang
11am Blunt Chest Trauma — Dr. Scott Weingart
12pm Toxicology Series — Dr. Ruben Olmedo
Lunch will be served. Please note the early start time.
Residents: The main journal club article for discussion is as follows:
Mongelluzzo J, et al. Corticosteroids and mortality in children with bacterial meningitis. JAMA. 2008 May 7;299(17):2048-55. PMID: 18460665
Some background reading on steroids in meningitis is always advisable — please start with this brief recent review.
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