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Jun 2024
21m 48s

92 - When the Cause is the Remedy

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
About this episode

Instead of "Why do we...?" this week the Curious Clinicians answer a "Why don't we?" question: why don't we use steroids in acute pancreatitis?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

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Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer. 

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