Survival rates for in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) have plateaued at 25% in recent years. With nearly 290,000 people affected by IHCA each year, researchers aim to identify whether incidence of IHCA varies across hospitals in the United States, a key first step towards identifying best practices. Tyler Rasmussen, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine Chief Fellow in […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, March 10 will be: Clinical-Pathological Correlation: A Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, March 10, 2022 Shahana Prakash, MD, Second Year Resident, Internal Medicine Joseph Laakman, MD, Fellow, Surgical Pathology Tracey A. Cho, MD, Clinical Professor, Neurology Click this link on Thursday just before noon to […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Atypical Large Vessel Vasculitis Presenting With Cholestatic Liver Abnormalities: Case-Based Review Authors: Sameet Sangha, Aleksander Lenert, Salma Dawoud, Aneet Kaur, Hasan Yazan, Michael D Voigt, Petar Lenert Journal: J Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Dec 1;27(8):e561-e567. Abstract: Clinicians usually easily recognize cranial manifestations of giant cell arteritis (GCA) such as new-onset headache, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, […]
Ian Thornell, PhD, research assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, received the Cellular & Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society (APS). Thornell’s research investigates the mechanisms behind ion transportation across epithelia and its influence on physiology and disease. His work is no stranger to recognition. Since coming to […]
Diagnostic delays are a major contributor to infectious disease-related morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the underlying causes of these delays. Manish Suneja, MD, and a team of UI Internal Medicine researchers recently took on the challenge and identified two common contributors: not initially considering diagnosis and not ordering appropriate tests. In addition […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, March 3 will be: The CDC Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Pain at 6 years: A review, and what’s new (Part II) 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, March 3, 2022 Anureet Walia, MBBS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry Anthony C. Miller, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Click […]
Learners in the Carver College of Medicine are invited to provide examples of effective teaching at the end of each rotation. Read what our trainees recently had to say about Internal Medicine educators below. Read previous submissions. Tyler Bullis, MD, Third Year Resident, Internal Medicine Submitted by Emma Greimann Tyler was a great teaching resident […]
We are pleased to present a weekly series to introduce you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers – we have over 100! In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what […]