Episode 908: Sympathomimetic Drugs
Contributor: Taylor Lynch MD Educational Pearls: Overview: Sympathomimetic drugs mimic the fight or flight response, affecting monoamines such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine Limited th...
17 Jun 20247min
Episode 907: Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: Wide-complex tachycardia is defined as a heart rate > 100 BPM with a QRS width > 120 milliseconds Wide-complex tachycardia of supraventricular or...
12 Jun 20243min
Episode 906: Case Study of Hypernatremia
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: The case: A gentleman came in from a nursing home with symptoms concerning for sepsis. He was hypotensive, hypoxic, febrile, and mentally altered. ...
3 Jun 20243min
Episode 905: Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for Influenza
Contributor: Aaron Lessem MD Educational Pearls: Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is an antiviral medication used commonly to treat influenza Trials show that the medication reduces the duration of illness ...
27 Mai 20242min
Episode 904: Cardiovascular Risks of Epinephrine
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Epinephrine is essential in the treatment of anaphylaxis, but is epinephrine dangerous from a cardiovascular perspective? A 2024 study in the Journal o...
20 Mai 20242min
Episode 903: Treating Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Opioid overdoses that are reversed with naloxone (Narcan), a mu-opioid antagonist, can precipitate acute withdrawal in some patients Treatment of o...
13 Mai 20242min
Episode 902: Liver Failure and Cirrhosis
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: How do you differentiate between compensated and decompensated cirrhosis? Use the acronym VIBE to look for signs of being decompensated. V-Volume ...
6 Mai 20243min
Episode 901: Underdosing in Status Epilepticus
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Lorazepam (Ativan) is dosed at 0.1 mg/kg up to a maximum of 4 mg in status epilepticus Some ED protocols only give 2 mg initially The maximum r...
29 Apr 20242min
