Podcast 605: Acute Limb Ischemia

Author: Erik Verzemnieks, M.D. Educational Pearls: ● Common causes of nystagmus: Congenital disorders, CNS diseases (MS, CVA), Intoxication ● Drugs associated (ETOH, Ketamine, PCP, SSRI, MDMA, Lit...

13 Huhti 20181min

Author: John Winkler, M.D. Educational Pearls: ● Lower mechanisms of injury have a lower chance of an associated fracture or major ligament injury ● One major concern is having a fracture fragment i...

11 Huhti 20182min

Author: Michael Hunt, M.D. Educational Pearls: 1% of patients presenting to ED with alcohol intoxication end up going to the ICU Most common critical illnesses were acute hypoxic respiratory fail...

9 Huhti 20183min

Author: Dr. Karen Woolf, MD Educational Pearls: Anatomy : base of skull to posterior mediastinum, anteriorly bounded by middle layer of deep cervical fascia and posteriorly by the deep layer, communi...

6 Huhti 20186min

Author: Gretchen Hinson, M.D. Educational Pearls: PNES vs. epilepsy: postictal state is diagnostic of an epileptic seizure (sonorous respirations and/or confusion, lasting typically 20-30 minutes);...

4 Huhti 20185min

Author: Dr. Peter Bakes Educational Pearls: High risk patients: underlying lung disease, immunocompromised, extremes of age (65), underlying cardiac/renal/neurologic disease, and pregnant women Testi...

2 Huhti 20187min

Author: Sam Killian, M.D. Educational Pearls: Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) is a diagnosis defined as traumatic injury to spine with clinical sx of traumatic myelopa...

30 Maalis 20184min

Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D. Educational Pearls: Recurrence rate for first time unprovoked seizures - 5% after 48 hours, 14% at 2 weeks , 30% after 4 months. Higher risk for recurrence: age under 3; pa...

28 Maalis 20182min