Podcast # 473: Direct to Consumer Antibiotics
Author: Sam Killian, MD Educational Pearls: A recent study in Pediatrics compared the rates of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) between direct to consumer (DTC) teleme...
24 Touko 20193min
Podcast # 472: SMART Crystalloids
Author: Gretchen Hinson, MD Educational Pearls: In most healthcare settings, normal saline (NS) has become ubiquitous as an intravenous fluid despite some potential drawbacks Compared to normal salin...
23 Touko 20195min
Podcast # 471: Cyclic Vomiting
Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is different than cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS). It is important to differentiate the two. CHS is thought to be caused ...
21 Touko 20194min
Podcast # 470: Zofran and Pregnancy
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Ondansetron (Zofran) is one of the latest drugs that has had concerns raised about side effects, particularly in pregnancy 2018 study probed two birth defe...
17 Touko 20193min
Podcast # 469: Go PO
Author: Dave Rosenberg, MD Educational Pearls: Nothing by mouth (NPO) status routinely used before surgery to reduce the theoretical risk of aspiration However, surgery poses a large physiological st...
16 Touko 20193min
Podcast # 468: Typhlitis
Educational Pearls: Tiflitis refers to the presence of enterocolitis in the setting of neutropenia - also known as neutropenic enterocolitis Commonly a result of chemotherapy for hematologic malignan...
14 Touko 20192min
Podcast # 467: Cauda Equina Syndrome
Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Cauda equina syndrome is caused by the compression of the nerve roots that extend beyond the termination of the spinal cord Trauma, infection, hematom...
9 Touko 20192min
Podcast # 466: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Author: Nicholas Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Measles has a period of infectivity starts before the appearance of the characteristic rash, up to 4-5 days A devastating consequence of measles is Suba...
6 Touko 20193min
