Podcast #264: Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D. Educational Pearls For patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, intubation in the 1st 15 minutes of resuscitation was associated with worse outcomes (mortality, neurologic...
27 Okt 20172min
Podcast #263: Early Antibiotics in Sepsis
Educational Pearls After the first hour, every 1 hour delay in antibiotics in a patient with septic shock patient is associated with a 4% increase in mortality. In patients with high suspicion for se...
25 Okt 20172min
Podcast #262: Pertussis
Author: Julian Orenstein, M.D. Educational Pearls Colorado has a high population of unvaccinated children, and is at increased risk for pertussis outbreaks. The causative organism is Bordetella pertu...
23 Okt 20174min
Podcast #261: Icatibant
Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D. Educational Pearls Icatibant was introduced to treat ACE-inhibitor induced angioendema. This type of angioedema is refractory to epinephrine and antihistamines, and is like...
13 Okt 20172min
Podcast #260: Preoxygenation
Author: David Rosenberg, M.D. Educational Pearls Preoxygenation is done before rapid sequence intubation, and should be done even if SaO2 is at 100%. Preoxygenation is done to fill the lungs with oxy...
11 Okt 20172min
Podcast #259: Transient Ischemic Attacks
Podcast #259: TIA Author: Peter Bakes, M.D. Educational Pearls A TIA is defined as focal neurological deficit that resolves within 24 hours and has negative imaging. The etiology is a transient throm...
9 Okt 20177min
Podcast #258: REBOA
Author: Dylan Luyten, M.D. Educational Pearls Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA). Exsanguination is a major cause of mortality in trauma One temporizing technique to bu...
6 Okt 20173min
