Podcast #320: PE in Pregnancy
Author: Don Stader, M.D. Educational Pearls: Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. There is disagreement among different medical societies about the value of D-di...
23 Apr 20184min
Podcast #319: Cardiac Arrest Survival Factors
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Shockable rhythms like V-fib or V-tach have a better prognosis than patients with PEA or asystole. Recent study has shown an initial electrical freque...
20 Apr 20182min
Podcast #318: Nystagmus
Author: Erik Verzemnieks, M.D. Educational Pearls: ● Common causes of nystagmus: Congenital disorders, CNS diseases (MS, CVA), Intoxication ● Drugs associated (ETOH, Ketamine, PCP, SSRI, MDMA, Lit...
13 Apr 20181min
Podcast #317: Elbow Dislocation
Author: John Winkler, M.D. Educational Pearls: ● Lower mechanisms of injury have a lower chance of an associated fracture or major ligament injury ● One major concern is having a fracture fragment i...
11 Apr 20182min
Podcast #316: Abnormalities in Alcohol Intoxication
Author: Michael Hunt, M.D. Educational Pearls: 1% of patients presenting to ED with alcohol intoxication end up going to the ICU Most common critical illnesses were acute hypoxic respiratory fail...
9 Apr 20183min
Podcast #315: Retropharyngeal Infections in Pediatrics
Author: Dr. Karen Woolf, MD Educational Pearls: Anatomy : base of skull to posterior mediastinum, anteriorly bounded by middle layer of deep cervical fascia and posteriorly by the deep layer, communi...
6 Apr 20186min
Podcast #314: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)
Author: Gretchen Hinson, M.D. Educational Pearls: PNES vs. epilepsy: postictal state is diagnostic of an epileptic seizure (sonorous respirations and/or confusion, lasting typically 20-30 minutes);...
4 Apr 20185min
Podcast #313: Flu Screening
Author: Dr. Peter Bakes Educational Pearls: High risk patients: underlying lung disease, immunocompromised, extremes of age (65), underlying cardiac/renal/neurologic disease, and pregnant women Testi...
2 Apr 20187min
