Podcast 659: Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Study in NEJM looked at occult hypoxemia, when oxygen saturation reads at >92% when the actual saturation is Rate of occult hypoxemia was 3 times h...
14 Apr 20213min
Podcast 658: Febrile Seizures
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Febrile Seizure clinical criteria 6 months - 5 years of age Rapid rise in temp No preexisting seizure disorder No other explanation for the seizure...
13 Apr 20214min
Podcast 657: Caustic Ingestion
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Acid and alkali ingestions have differing prognosis and immediate concerns Immediate issues can include superficial irritation, severe burns, esopha...
12 Apr 20213min
Podcast 656: Rashes
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Lyme disease gives a single expanding target lesion with central clearing called erythema chronicum migrans Erythema multiforme is another targetoid ...
7 Apr 20217min
Podcast 655: Hypothermia in Sepsis
Contributor: Adam Barkin, MD Educational Pearls: Fever is an adaptive response to infection, but elderly and immunocompromised patients may not be able to mount a hyperthermic response in sepsis Pati...
6 Apr 20213min
Podcast 654: Depression in COVID
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Survey study compared depression symptom prevalence in the United States at the beginning of COVID compared to data acquired by a similar survey for...
5 Apr 20213min
Podcast 653: Nitroglycerin Disimpaction
Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD, JD Educational Pearls: Glucagon administered intravenously has a high rate of adverse events (nausea/vomiting) with very weak evidence NItroglycerin too has very lim...
30 Mar 20212min
Podcast 652: Prosthetic Hip Dislocation
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: While it is rare to have a native hip dislocation, it is relatively common to dislocate a prosthetic hip The mechanism for dislocation is usually add...
29 Mar 20215min
