Podcast # 343: Snake Bites
Educational Pearls: Snake bites commonly occur between April and October. Rattlesnake bites are the most common. Venom contains proteins/enzymes that cause local inflammation, coagulopathy, and...
20 Jun 20186min
Podcast # 342: Scombroid
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Scombroid is a type of food poisoning associated with dark fish (i.e. tuna, salmon, mackerel) that mimics anaphylaxis. Occurs through conversion of histi...
18 Jun 20184min
Podcast # 341: Tenecteplase vs. Alteplase
Author: Rachel Beham, PharmD Educational Pearls: Tenecteplase is more specific for fibrin and has a longer half-life than alteplase. In setting of ischemic stroke, tenecteplase before thrombectomy ...
13 Jun 20183min
Podcast # 340: Drowning
Author: Chris Holmes, MD Educational Pearls: Epidemiology: 80% male, ages 1-4 at greatest risk, African-American > Caucasian. Freshwater and ocean water may have more bacteria than pool water. ...
11 Jun 20185min
Podcast # 339: Ectopic Pregnancy Risk Factors
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Data is mixed, but some studies show 1-2% of pregnancies are ectopic. Risk factors for ectopic pregnancies include: pelvic inflammatory disease, prior ec...
8 Jun 20185min
Podcast # 338: Mononucleosis predictors
Author: Chris Holmes, MD Educational Pearls: Symptoms commonly seen with mononucleosis are palatal petechiae, posterior cervical lymphadenopathy, inguinal/axillary lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and/...
6 Jun 20182min
Podcast # 337: Airway Burn Inhalation
Author: John Winkler, MD Educational Pearls: Singed nasal hairs, soot around mouth, hoarse voice, drooling, and burns to head/face are signs suggestive of inhalation injury. Early intubation is cri...
4 Jun 20186min
Podcast # 336: Hypokalemia
Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: Most important questions to answer with low potassium are 1. What are their symptoms? 2. Can they take potassium by mouth? Oral repletion is faster, c...
31 Mai 20183min
