Podcast 564: Cardiac Ischemia Management Update
Contributor: Nick Tsipis, MD Educational Pearls: Recent randomized controlled trial compared early intervention (PCI/CABG) to medical management for those diagnosed with moderate to severe cardiac is...
19 Touko 20205min
Podcast 563: DC ACs
Contributor: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: An AC (acromioclavicular joint) separation in the shoulder is a common traumatic injury XRs can help rule out other injuries as well as help with gradi...
18 Touko 20202min
COVID-19 Digest: Could Cigarette Smoking Actually be Protective Against COVID?
Host: Elizabeth Esty, MD. Smoking is known to increase both susceptibility and severity of all manner of colds and pneumonias, so you'd think the world's 1.1 billion smokers would be at risk in this p...
13 Touko 202018min
Podcast 562: COVID-19 Occlusions
Contributor: Nick Tsipis, MD Educational Pearls: Case series reported 5 cases of generally young and healthy patients with COVID-19 who presented to the ER with acute stroke Now several case series s...
12 Touko 20202min
Podcast 561: Give Bup
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Buprenorphine has been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality in opioid use disorder Buprenorphine used in naloxone-induced withdrawals can displace...
11 Touko 20204min
COVID-19 Digest: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Vaccine for Treating COVID-19
In the US, few people receive vaccination for tuberculosis (TB), a disease that hasn't been a major killer here for many decades. But while we in the US mostly experience TB as a relatively rare but ...
8 Touko 202014min
Podcast 560: Imaging in a COVID world
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: COVID-19 commonly appears as a bilateral patchy infiltrate on chest radiograph, but this is a non-specific finding Sensitivities range from 17-70% f...
7 Touko 20206min
Mental Health Monthly #3: Maintaining Mental Health and Wellness for Healthcare Professionals
In this timely installment of Mental Health Monthly, mental health expert Lexi Eliades shares useful tips for identifying burnout and mental health decline as well as ways to maintain mental wellness ...
6 Touko 202010min
