Podcast # 328: Sleep Deprivation
Author: Sam Killian, MD Educational Pearls: Insufficient sleep and disrupted circadian rhythms are a major health problem today Millions of dollars, thousands of deaths, and millions of injuri...
11 Maj 20185min
Podcast # 327: No More Hemoccults
Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: The use of fecal occult blood tests is falling out of favor in emergency departments These tests have strong evidence suggesting their efficacy in colon...
9 Maj 20182min
Podcast # 326: Valley Fever
Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Valley fever is a fungal infection known as Coccidiomycosis that can present with vague symptoms like cough, fever, myalgias. A thorough history is crit...
7 Maj 20183min
Podcast #325: Vaping and Pneumonia
Author: Sam Killian, MD Educational Pearls: Being exposed to E-cigarette vapor may increase risk of pneumonia. Recent study has shown e-cigarette vapor increases quantities of Platelet-activating-rec...
4 Maj 20183min
Podcast #324: Superwarfarin
Author: Rachel Beham, PharmD Educational Pearls: Some synthetic cannabinoids have been contaminated with Brodifacoum. Brodifacoum is a Vitamin K antagonist and can present with a severe coagulopathy....
2 Maj 20184min
Podcast #323: Calcium Channel Toxicity
Author: Jared Scott, M.D. Educational Pearls: Cardiac myocytes and vascular smooth muscle are dependent on an intracellular calcium influx for contraction. Pancreatic beta cells rely on calcium to re...
30 Apr 20187min
Podcast #322: Methemoglobinemia
Author: Nick Hatch, M.D. Educational Pearls: Methemoglobinemia is when the iron in hemoglobin is in the Fe3+ (ferric) state rather than the normal Fe2+ (ferrous) state. Methemoglobin cannot releas...
27 Apr 20184min
