Podcast #216: Roller Coasters and Kidney Stones

Podcast #216: Roller Coasters and Kidney Stones

Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D.

Educational Pearls:

  • Anecdotal evidence suggests that roller coasters may help with kidney stones.
  • A recent study used a model of a kidney and ureter with different sized stones and put it on Thunder Mountain roller coaster in Disney World.
  • There was "dramatic passage" of the kidney stones at the rear of the roller coaster.

References: Marc A. Mitchell, DO; David D. Wartinger, DO, JD. Validation of a Functional Pyelocalyceal Renal Model for the Evaluation of Renal Calculi Passage While Riding a Roller Coaster. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, October 2016, Vol. 116, 647-652. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2016.128. http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2557373

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Podcast # 366: Ehlers Danlos

Podcast # 366: Ehlers Danlos

Podcast # 366: Ehlers Danlos Author: Gretchen Hinson, MD. Educational Pearls: Heritable mutation in collagen synthesis and expression commonly resulting in joint hyperextension and skin elasticity....

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Podcast # 365: Renal Trigger Point Injections

Podcast # 365: Renal Trigger Point Injections

Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Single study in Japan demonstrated possible effectiveness of renal colic trigger point Patients had injection at the area of maximal tenderness on...

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Podcast # 364: Other causes of ST elevation

Podcast # 364: Other causes of ST elevation

Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Pericarditis, LBBB, LVH and left ventricular aneurysms can all present with ST elevation. Ventricular aneurysm will present days after a cardiac event ...

10 Elo 20186min

Podcast # 363:  Ketamine for Alcohol Withdrawal

Podcast # 363: Ketamine for Alcohol Withdrawal

Educational Pearls: Recent study has shown adjunctive ketamine can be useful in setting of alcohol withdrawal. Ketamine was associated with a decrease in the amount of benzodiazepines needed, lik...

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Podcast # 362: Giant Hogweed

Podcast # 362: Giant Hogweed

Author: John Winkler, MD Educational Pearls: Tall flowering plant with phototoxic sap Direct skin contact with the sap can cause the skin to become photosensitive Severe blisters and even burns...

6 Elo 20182min

Podcast # 361: Vertiginous Dizziness

Podcast # 361: Vertiginous Dizziness

Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Important to find out if patients mean dysequilibrium, lightheadedness, or vertigo when patients say they are "dizzy." Differentiate central vs. periph...

3 Elo 20186min

Podcast # 360: Epidural Abscess Screening

Podcast # 360: Epidural Abscess Screening

Author: Dylan Luyten, MD. Educational Pearls:   Dangerous causes of back pain: AAA, cauda equina syndrome, epidural abscess. Young person with back pain needs to be evaluated for injection drug use...

2 Elo 20184min

Podcast # 359: Normal EKG

Podcast # 359: Normal EKG

Author: Sam Killian, MD. Educational Pearls: Computer interpretation has a very good negative predictive value of a normal EKG (99%). Of 222 interpreted as "normal," 13 were deemed to have some a...

31 Heinä 20184min

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