Podcast 575: Light on the Sedation

Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Alcohol and gallstones are most common causes of pancreatitis Diagnosis is not simply based on lipase alone - must have at least two the the three criteri...

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Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Recent study provides at least some evidence to help predict antibiotic failure for cellulitis, which is not necessarily straight forward Intuitive ri...

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Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Injuries from penetrating pharyngeal trauma are often subtle on examination in children Potentially serious complications including carotid artery inju...

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Author: Rachel Brady, MD Educational Pearls: Hypercalcemia of malignancy: Hypercalcemia of malignancy can present with lethargy, muscle weakness, hyperreflexia, altered mental status, cardiac dysrhyt...

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Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: In patients without indications for aspirin, three recent studies looked at prevention of several end points in the elderly These showed no benefit in p...

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Author: Katie Sprinkle, MD Educational Pearls: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the treatment of addiction with medications, commonly used for opioid use disorders A long held belief is MAT sim...

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Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Important historical information to elicit is the birth history, feeding habits, stooling habits, associated symptoms, presence of bile, and presence of ...

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Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Interest started as it was noticed soldiers who had wounds infected with maggots had better outcomes than those without maggots Studies have shown that wou...

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