Over the years of the podcast, we have often struggled with questions of why: why pathogens act the way they do, why certain people get sick while others don’t, or why we know little about some diseases. This episode is no exception - sepsis certainly inspires many “whys”. But for perhaps the first time on the pod, we find ourselves grappling not only with “ ... Show More
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Ep 215 The Hidden Depths of Earwax
In keeping with last week’s theme of “bodily excretions that are kinda gross that you don’t really think about but are actually really important”, we’re devoting this episode to earwax, aka cerumen. In one hour, we somehow manage to weave together stories of earwax impaction, mis ... Show More
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Ep 214 Boogers: Digging for treasure
Hard and crusty. Green and gloopy. Clear and watery. Boogers come in a veritable rainbow of colors and a full spectrum of textures from liquid to solid. They’re really quite impressive if you think about it. Which, of course, few of us do, besides adding tissues to our shopping l ... Show More
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Jun 2015
Episode 2.0 – Sepsis, Ebola, Endocarditis and More!
This podcast highlights pearls, pitfalls and take home points from our conference on ID emergencies as well as a sepsis update for 2015 https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Core_EM_Podcast_Episode_2.mp3 Download Leave a Comment Tags: Ebola, Endocarditis, In ... Show More
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<p> </p> <p><strong>Author: Chris Holmes, M.D.</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"Sepo' is a term from Homer (author of <em>The Iliad </em>and <em>The Odyssey</em>), and means "I rot".</span ... Show More