Podcast 633: Pathologic Femur Fractures
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Pathologic bone fractures occur due to weakened bones from chronic disease and with less force when compared to non-pathologic fractures Can be due to...
19 Jan 20215min
Podcast 632: Neonatal Jaundice
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Bilirubin is natural breakdown product of red blood cells but can be neurotoxic if levels become too high Fetal red blood cells are fragile and break ...
18 Jan 20216min
Pharmacy Phriday #7: Bactrim Adverse Events
Contributor: Cheyenne Bean, PharmD Educational Pearls: Bactrim (TMP-SMX) is a sulfa antibiotic used for a number of infections but can have untoward effects. Hypoglycemia can be induced by the sulfa ...
15 Jan 20214min
Podcast 631: UK COVID-19 Mutation
Contributor: Gretchen Hinson, MD Educational Pearls: Viruses mutate frequently and a new variant of COVID has been found in the United Kingdom. Mutations typically occur due to transcription errors d...
13 Jan 20215min
Podcast 630: Evolution of an STEMI
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Hyperacute T waves can occur immediately and typical last less than an hour Hyperacute T waves are typically broader than peaked T-waves, which are ...
12 Jan 20215min
Podcast 629: Inferior STEMI
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: EKGs look at different angles, or vectors, of the heart's electrical conduction as it travels through the heart. Knowing how to read these vectors is ...
11 Jan 20214min
Podcast 628: ST Elevation
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: STEMI criteria is not just 1mm elevation in contiguous leads 1.5 mm in V2-V3 for women 2.0 mm in V2-V3 for men 2.5 mm in V2-V3 for men under 40 In...
5 Jan 20215min
Podcast 627: Oxygen Like It's Hot
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become more utilized with COVID pandemic Multiple studies have shown this method improves both oxygenation and ven...
4 Jan 20213min
