Podcast # 464: Narcan't?
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: A problem of take-home-naloxone is the administration of it by an able-bodied bystander Australian study looked at consecutive opioid overdose deaths in a...
2 Mai 20192min
Podcast # 463: Buproprion Overdose
Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Buproprion is used as an antidepressant and for smoking cessation Severe buproprion overdoses can cause seizures and lead to cardiac dysrhythmias Benz...
30 Apr 20191min
Podcast # 462: Death after OD
Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: 10% of patients seen in the emergency department for opioid overdose patients will die within a year Half of these overdoses will occur in the next month Th...
27 Apr 20192min
Podcast # 461: Breath Stacking
Author: Gretchen Hinson, MD Educational Pearls: Breath stacking occurs when a patient is unable to expire fully before another inspiration In intubated/ventilated patients, this is because adequate t...
24 Apr 20195min
Podcast # 460: Hunting for PE in Syncope
Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Most causes of syncope are benign Pulmonary embolism can result in syncope and is life threatening A recent study of Canadian and US ED patients with s...
22 Apr 20192min
Podcast # 459 Clonidine Ingestion
Author: Julian Orenstein, MD Educational Pearls: Severe clonidine ingestion can present as a fluctuating mental status between typically accompanied by changes in vital signs (hypotension/bradycar...
20 Apr 20193min
Podcast # 458: A Tylenol a Day Keeps the Delirium Away?
Author: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: A recent study investigated the effect of scheduled IV acetaminophen on the incidence of delirium in post-CABG patients in the ICU The use of scheduled IV...
17 Apr 20193min
Podcast # 457: Stroke Scores
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Modified Rankin Score: measure of disability often used to qualify outcomes following stroke = no disability, 6=dead, 0-1 indicate good outcome) 0-6 S...
15 Apr 20194min
