Podcast # 466: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Author: Nicholas Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Measles has a period of infectivity starts before the appearance of the characteristic rash, up to 4-5 days A devastating consequence of measles is Suba...
6 Mai 20193min
Podcast # 465: As easy and 1, 2, 10 - Capillary Refill and Sepsis
Author: Ryan Circh, MD Educational Pearls: The 2019 ANDROMEDA-SHOCK trial compared using serum lactates to capillary refill assessment in septic shock patients to guide resuscitation Capillary refill...
5 Mai 20192min
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
