Episode 94 UTI Myths and Misconceptions

Episode 94 UTI Myths and Misconceptions

In 2014, the CDC reported that UTI antibiotic treatment was avoidable at least 39% of the time. Why? Over-diagnosis and treatment results from the fact that asymptomatic bacteriuria is very common in all age groups, urine cultures are frequently ordered without an appropriate indication, and urinalysis results are often misinterpreted. Think of the last time you prescribed antibiotics to a patient for suspected UTI – what convinced you that they had a UTI? Was it their story? Their exam? Or was it the urine dip results the nurse handed to you before you saw them? Does a patient’s indwelling catheter distort the urinalysis? How many WBCs/hpf is enough WBCs to call it a UTI? Can culture results be trusted if there are epithelial cells in the specimen? Can a “dirty” urine in an obtunded elderly patient help guide management?...

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EM Quick Hits 15 – COVID-19 Practical Tips, Pediatric COVID and Human Factors

EM Quick Hits 15 – COVID-19 Practical Tips, Pediatric COVID and Human Factors

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Ep 141 COVID-19 Part 5 Epidemiology and Prediction Models

Ep 141 COVID-19 Part 5 Epidemiology and Prediction Models

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31 Mar 202034min

Ep 140 COVID-19 Part 4 – Protected Intubation

Ep 140 COVID-19 Part 4 – Protected Intubation

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Ep 139 COVID-19 Part 3 – PPE: What We Know, Conservation Strategies and Protected Code Blue

Ep 139 COVID-19 Part 3 – PPE: What We Know, Conservation Strategies and Protected Code Blue

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EM Quick Hits 14 – COVID-19 Your Colleagues’ Experiences and Practical Tips

EM Quick Hits 14 – COVID-19 Your Colleagues’ Experiences and Practical Tips

In this special edition EM Quick Hits podcast, Drs. Eddy Lang, Salim Rezaie, Anand Swaminathan, Jonathan Sherbino and Reuben Strayer share their experience with the COVID-19 pandemic and offer some pr...

24 Mar 202035min

Ep 138 COVID-19 Part 2 – ED Surge Capacity Strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ep 138 COVID-19 Part 2 – ED Surge Capacity Strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic

No matter where you practice emergency medicine there will be, or has been, capacity problems in the COVID-19 crisis. Even if we "flatten the COVID-19 curve" there will be a load on the systems that e...

23 Mar 202026min

Ep 137 COVID-19 Part 1 – Screening, Diagnosis and Management

Ep 137 COVID-19 Part 1 – Screening, Diagnosis and Management

In this early release first podcast in a series of main episodes on COVID-19, Infectious Diseases specialist at Mount Sinai Health Systems and University Health Network and Professor at the University...

21 Mar 202051min

BCE 81 Tension Hydrothorax

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