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Jul 2024
37m 15s

93 - Pumping Protons, Pumping Blood

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
About this episode

Producer Giancarlo Buonomo joins the Curious Clinicians this week to answer a morning report musing: why do we use IV PPIs to treat upper GI bleeding?

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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