In this episode, Dr. Roy Baskind and Dr. Ahmit Shah answer such questions as: when is an opening pressure on LP required? When should we pull the trigger on ordering a CT venogram in the patient with unexplained headache? Which older patients who present with headache require an ESR/CRP? How do the presentations of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and idiopa ... Show More
Jul 21
EM Quick Hits 72 EMC²: Peds Neurocritical Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Peds Wrist Fracture, Bradycardia ECG Interpretation, Coaching the EM Mind Part 2
In this month’s EM Quick Hits Podcast, Amna Karabegovic joins us for an EMC² case of pediatric altered LOA and neurocritical care, Anand Swaminathan simplifies the high-risk management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure, and Brit Long reviews how to recognize ... Show More
1h 39m
Jun 30
Ep 220 Facial Injuries: Assessment, Management and Disposition
Facial trauma is common in emergency medicine, but the biggest pitfalls are often not the fractures themselves—they're the threatened airway, vision-threatening ocular injuries, missed septal hematomas, and subtle soft tissue injuries hiding beneath the skin. Which facial fractur ... Show More
1h 43m
Jun 16
Ep 219 Hip Emergencies: Recognition and Management
Hip complaints are bread-and-butter emergency medicine—but every so often they are anything but straightforward. The obvious shortened, externally rotated leg after a fall is one thing; the patient with acute hip pain, a normal x-ray, unremarkable blood work, and no clear diagnos ... Show More
1h 25m
Oct 2018
#122 Headaches Advanced Class
We delve into advanced management of headaches, including novel therapies, migraines with aura, migraines in complicated patients, and headaches of short duration with Dr. Rebecca Burch, a headache medicine specialist at the John R. Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s H ... Show More
1h 18m
Jun 2023
Hypertensive Emergencies
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice RecommendationsEpidemiologyEtiologyDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careHistory and physical DiagnosticsTreatmentA ... Show More
1h 9m
Apr 2025
Q&A #7 | Pitting oedema, intracranial pressure, Alport disease, and more!
What could cause the pressure in our skull to rise? Why do we get oedema? And how does Alport disease effect our kidneys? Plus listener mail!Want to send us a question or topic? Email: admin@drmattdrmike.com.auYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMattDrMike/Instagram: @drmiketodor ... Show More
1h 9m