Banner Health Library Services: Internal Medicine Grand Rounds: 2022-2023

Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LMC): Detection, treatment, and surveillance strategies, Speaker: Na Tosha Gatson

Title: Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LMC): Detection, treatment, and surveillance strategies
Speaker: Na Tosha Gatson
Objectives:

Discuss the diagnosis and pathophysiology of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC).
Review cases that are important to understanding LMC presentation.
Identify mechanisms by which to treat LMC.
Define opportunities for overlapping hospitalist with neuro-oncologists in the acute care setting.

Date: October 14, 2022

Title: Renal Failure in Cirrhosis, Current Management and Future Treatment Options
Speaker: Florence Wong
Objectives:

Have a better understanding of the pathophysiology of renal dysfunction in cirrhosis, mechanism of action of vasoconstrictors, treatment regimens and their side effects.
Learn about potential new treatment options for renal failure in cirrhosis.

Date: October 7, 2022

Title: Resistant Hypertension: How to Approach the Patient Whose BP Can't Be Controlled
Speaker: Jan Basile
Objectives:

Understand the new definition of resistant hypertension.
Review the clinical workup of resistant hypertension including the importance of ruling out medication non-adherence, obtaining out-of-office or a 24-hr ABPM and ruling out secondary causes of hypertension.
Recognize the importance of lifestyle modification and the evidence for the use of chlorthalidone rather than hydrochlorothiazide, and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist to improve BP control in those with resistant hypertension after excluding a secondary cause of hypertension.

Date: September 23, 2022