The Ambulatory Medicine curriculum is a longitudinal, progressive educational program across the three-year residency. A portion of the curriculum is delivered during the +1 Week, across a 5-week cycle, such that each Pod receives the same and all portions of…
Learn about our early experience with patients hospitalized with COVID-19, including recommendations for laboratory testing for prognostication and APRV ventilator mode.
View Dr. Yick's crash course in the basics of initiating mechanical ventilation.
Some in-person primary care visits have been converted to telephone visits during the public health emergency. Check your email and/or read below for the most recent updates.
Update March 13, 2020: Updated PPE recommendations from CDC and DPH. Added info for 3M N-95 mask fitting.
Update March 4, 2020: L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH) has declared a local public health emergency with six new cases in the county. The State of California has also declared a state of emergency with the first related death in the state. The CDC and DPH have updated screening and testing guidelines. The Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA has announced plans for the care of persons under investigation (PUI) and confirmed COVID-19 cases. Check your email and messaging for the most up-to-date information.
The following are useful links and resources for your preparedness.
Bridge Clinic is designed for patients with opioid use disorder, offering them a chance to follow-up with a provider to prescribe medication-assisted therapy in order to manage opioid dependence. Residents will be assigned to Bridge Clinic during the Urgent Care…
This week's morning report focused on a patient presenting with constitutional symptoms and cough in the context of vape-product use, found to have hypoxemic respiratory failure with CT findings of diffuse ground glass opacities. A thorough infectious and auto-immune work…
Validation and Refinement of Scores to Predict Very Early Stroke Risk after TIA
Thank you Dr. Rosenstock for an excellent case presentation of a middle-aged man with HCV Cirrhosis who presented with acute onset cough and shortness of breath for three days, which was attributed to development of hepatopulmonary syndrome. Key learning points:…