Meningitis (2nd edition)

This episode covers sudden infant death syndrome.Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/paediatrics/neonatology/sids/Questions can be found at https://members.zerotofinals.com/Books can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/books/The audio in the episode was expert ... Show More

This episode covers congenital conditions arising in pregnancy.Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/paediatrics/neonatology/conditionsarisinginpregnancy/Questions can be found at https://members.zerotofinals.com/Books can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/boo ... Show More

This episode covers neonatal abstinence syndrome.Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/paediatrics/neonatology/nas/Questions can be found at https://members.zerotofinals.com/Books can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/books/The audio in the episode was expertl ... Show More

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). The dreaded scourge of daycares, kindergartens, even occasionally college campuses, and the topic of this week’s episode. From the multiple viruses that cause HFMD to the wide array of symptoms (bye bye, fingernails), from the relatively rece ... Show More

The October Neurology Recall highlights Dr. Justin Abbatemarco’s four-part series on autoimmune encephalitis from August 2023. The episode begins with Dr. Josep Dalmau discussing relevant updates and ongoing/upcoming research around autoimmune encephalitis. The next episode discu ... Show More

This episode takes a sobering look at the mental health of U.S. medical students and trainees, in an era when the pressures can be intolerable but the culture still treats depression as weakness. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp240 ... Show More

What do you get when you combine a love of reading with an interest in biology/public health/medical history and a background in podcasting? The TPWKY book club, of course! This season’s miniseries of bonus episodes features interviews with authors of popular science books, cover ... Show More

Somehow it’s taken us until the penultimate episode to cover this season’s first mosquito-borne virus. But we assure you, this episode is well-worth the wait. Although Chikungunya virus is often lumped in with dengue or Zika, the unique characteristics that distinguish Chikunguny ... Show More

Today's episode covers the second half of the Pulmonology chapter from Crush Step 1. Topics covered include: - Respiratory Pathology - Pharmacology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

There’s nothing that gets a hospitalist more anxious and excited at the same time than a case of suspected meningitis. In this episode, we learn that if the thought crosses our mind, a lumbar puncture is almost certainly indicated. Our guest, Dr. Payal Patel, helps us with the ba ... Show More

This episode is so good that we’re putting it out a full day early. Pour yourself a quarantini and cozy up with us as we tell you a story of a bacterium that slowly strangles children to death, a scientific quest that helped shape the understanding of infectious diseases, and a g ... Show More

You’ve probably heard the popular advice to ‘feed a cold, starve a fever’ many times over when you’ve come down with a cold or the flu. But is there any truth to this advice? That’s what I’ll explore in this podcast. Episode transcript To access the full episode transcript, go to ... Show More

With this episode, you’re getting much more than you probably bargained for, thanks to the quirks of Chlamydia trachomatis. This small but mighty bacterium can cause a number of different conditions throughout your body, most notably in your eyes and your genital tract, and the r ... Show More