Podcast #334 - Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: Resuscitative thoracotomies are most commonly used for treatment of cardiac tamponade and to selectively perfuse the brain and heart in setting of hemor...
25 Touko 20187min
Podcast #333 - TBI Prognosticators
Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Studies have shown that patients with decreasing GCS scores have worse outcomes, however GCS of 4 has worse outcome than GCS 3. Alternative scoring sy...
23 Touko 20183min
Podcast #332 - Door To Furosemide Time
Author: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Recent study argues that CHF patients receiving furosemide within 60 minutes of arrival had a lower in-hospital mortality than those receiving it after (2...
21 Touko 20182min
Podcast # 331: Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)
Author: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: The sodium-glucose cotransporter in the gut is essential for rehydration. Oral rehydration therapies require an equimolar concentration of glucose and s...
19 Touko 20184min
Podcast # 330: Behcet Disease
Author: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Behcet Disease is an autoimmune disease that can affect any organ system. Typical symptoms include recurrent oral and genital ulcers, but more concernin...
17 Touko 20184min
Podcast # 329: Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Author: Dylan Luyten , MD Educational Pearls: Rare autosomal dominant condition that is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric illness. Presents as profound muscle weakness with frank paralysis that...
15 Touko 20183min
Podcast # 328: Sleep Deprivation
Author: Sam Killian, MD Educational Pearls: Insufficient sleep and disrupted circadian rhythms are a major health problem today Millions of dollars, thousands of deaths, and millions of injuri...
11 Touko 20185min
Podcast # 327: No More Hemoccults
Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: The use of fecal occult blood tests is falling out of favor in emergency departments These tests have strong evidence suggesting their efficacy in colon...
9 Touko 20182min
