Podcast #400: ECMO
Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is similar to bypass ECMO is being utilized routinely at some centers and even prehospital in cardiac arrest ...
2 Nov 20186min
Podcast #399: Hunting for pancreatitis
Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Alcohol and gallstones are most common causes of pancreatitis Diagnosis is not simply based on lipase alone - must have at least two the the three criteri...
31 Okt 20183min
Podcast #398: Who is gonna fail your antibiotic plan?
Author: Erik Verzemnieks, MD Educational Pearls: Recent study provides at least some evidence to help predict antibiotic failure for cellulitis, which is not necessarily straight forward Intuitive ri...
29 Okt 20181min
Podcast #397: Oh… Pharyngeal Trauma
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Injuries from penetrating pharyngeal trauma are often subtle on examination in children Potentially serious complications including carotid artery inju...
27 Okt 20183min
Podcast #396: Oncologic Emergencies
Author: Rachel Brady, MD Educational Pearls: Hypercalcemia of malignancy: Hypercalcemia of malignancy can present with lethargy, muscle weakness, hyperreflexia, altered mental status, cardiac dysrhyt...
24 Okt 20184min
Podcast #395: Aspirin for everyone!
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: In patients without indications for aspirin, three recent studies looked at prevention of several end points in the elderly These showed no benefit in p...
22 Okt 20182min
Podcast #394: Myths of Medication Assisted Treatment
Author: Katie Sprinkle, MD Educational Pearls: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the treatment of addiction with medications, commonly used for opioid use disorders A long held belief is MAT sim...
20 Okt 20185min
Podcast #393: Neonatal Vomiting
Author: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Important historical information to elicit is the birth history, feeding habits, stooling habits, associated symptoms, presence of bile, and presence of ...
17 Okt 20185min
