
Podcast 863: Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Patients with alcohol use disorder are frequently discharged from the ED without further resources Pharmacological treatments to reduce cravings in...
7 Aug 20232min

Podcast 862: How to Apply a Painful Stimulus
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: When might you need to apply a painful stimulus in a medical setting? The main reason is to assess the patient's level of consciousness, such as wh...
31 Jul 20232min

Podcast 861: Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: Alcohol binds the GABA receptor, which produces an inhibitory response, hence the "depressive" effects of ethanol beverages. Over time, alcohol d...
24 Jul 20234min

Podcast 860: Thyrotoxicosis
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: Clinical picture: A patient comes in with altered mental status, tachycardia, fever, elevated T4, and low TSH. What's the diagnosis?... Thyrotoxicosi...
20 Jul 20232min

Podcast 859: Teamwork Really Makes the Dream Work
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: 33 Medical residents and 91 nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital were randomized into two groups: Intervention group: 15 PGY-1 residents assig...
10 Jul 20232min

Podcast 858: Whole Blood Pregnancy Test
Contributor: Meghan Hurley MD Educational Pearls: What do you do if you need a stat pregnancy test on an incapacitated patient? You can send a serum quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-H...
3 Jul 20234min

Podcast 857: Alice in Wonderland Jeopardy
Contributor: Chris Holmes MD Educational Pearls: "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" - Transient Global Amnesia A syndrome with sudden retrograde memory loss in which patients ...
26 Jun 20233min





















