Podcast # 368: Prehospital Plasma
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Non-blinded randomized study assessing 30-day mortality benefit from plasma-first resuscitation in patients at risk hemorrhagic shock Study involved a...
20 Aug 20182min
Podcast # 367: Digital Necrosis after Epinephrine Drip
Podcast # 367: Digital Necrosis after Epinephrine Drip Author: Jared Scott, MD. Educational Pearls: Make sure to monitor for limb ischemia in all patients on vasopressors Good reminder that vasop...
17 Aug 20184min
Podcast # 366: Ehlers Danlos
Podcast # 366: Ehlers Danlos Author: Gretchen Hinson, MD. Educational Pearls: Heritable mutation in collagen synthesis and expression commonly resulting in joint hyperextension and skin elasticity....
15 Aug 20184min
Podcast # 365: Renal Trigger Point Injections
Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Single study in Japan demonstrated possible effectiveness of renal colic trigger point Patients had injection at the area of maximal tenderness on...
13 Aug 20181min
Podcast # 364: Other causes of ST elevation
Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Pericarditis, LBBB, LVH and left ventricular aneurysms can all present with ST elevation. Ventricular aneurysm will present days after a cardiac event ...
10 Aug 20186min
Podcast # 363: Ketamine for Alcohol Withdrawal
Educational Pearls: Recent study has shown adjunctive ketamine can be useful in setting of alcohol withdrawal. Ketamine was associated with a decrease in the amount of benzodiazepines needed, lik...
8 Aug 20182min
Podcast # 362: Giant Hogweed
Author: John Winkler, MD Educational Pearls: Tall flowering plant with phototoxic sap Direct skin contact with the sap can cause the skin to become photosensitive Severe blisters and even burns...
6 Aug 20182min
Podcast # 361: Vertiginous Dizziness
Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Important to find out if patients mean dysequilibrium, lightheadedness, or vertigo when patients say they are "dizzy." Differentiate central vs. periph...
3 Aug 20186min
