Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 089 | Hyp...

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’re going to try and cover the not insubstantial topic of acute liver failure from Oh’s Manual chapter 44. As you can imagine this will be a superficial skim ... Read More » 

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we look at the other diabetes. We are of course all familiar with the sweet urine of diabetes mellitus but this time we will look at the tasteless or ... Read More » 

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Following on from the recent post on Heparin, today we’re going to talk about one of its more significant complications – Heparin Induced Thromboyctopaenia or HIT for short. In my ... Read More » 

One of our most common consults in hematology is teams seeking guidance for workup and management of thrombocytopenia. In this episode, we cover our approach to this hematologic conundrum. Major Points Covered:Thrombocytopenia is defined as a platelet count <150K- Mild: 100-150K- ... Show More

CardioNerds co-founders Dr. Daniel Ambinder and Dr. Amit Goyal are joined by Dr. Spencer Weintraub, Chief Resident of Internal Medicine at Northwell Health, Dr. Michael Albosta, third-year Internal Medicine resident at the University of Miami, and Anna Biggins, Registered Dietiti ... Show More

N Engl J Med 1993;328:673-679Background: Previous trials established that thrombolysis improves mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction, as seen in the GISSI-1 and ISIS-2 trials. However, thrombolysis has limitations, including an increased risk of bleeding and the ... Show More

CardioNerds (Dr. Colin Blumenthal and Dr. Saahil Jumkhawala) join Dr. Rohan Ganti, Dr. Nikita Mishra, and Dr. Jorge Naranjo from the Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson program for a college basketball game, as the buzz around campus is high. They discuss the following case involving a ... Show More

Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls: Thrombolytic therapy (tPA or TNK) is often used in the ED for strokes Use of anticoagulants with INR > 1.7 or  PT >15 Warfarin will reliably increase the INR Current use of Direct thrombin inhibitor or Factor Xa inhibitor  aPTT/P ... Show More

We dive into the recognition and management of blast crisis. Hosts: Sadakat Chowdhury, MD Brian Gilberti, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Blast_Crisis.mp3 Download 2 Comments Tags: Hematology, Oncology Show Notes Topic Overview Blast crisis is an on ... Show More

Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal MD Educational Pearls:  Etomidate was previously the drug of choice for rapid sequence intubation (RSI) However, it carries a risk of adrenal insufficiency as an adverse effect through inhibition of mitochondrial 11-β-hydroxylase activity A recent meta ... Show More

Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle. This muscle is the middle layer of the heart, formally called the myocardium, hence the name myocarditis (the -itis suffix indicates inflammation). Inflammation of the myocardium can be caused by a variety of etiologies, from i ... Show More

We discuss the recognition and treatment of necrotizing fasciitis. Hosts: Aurnee Rahman, MD Brian Gilberti, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Necrotizing_Fasciitis.mp3 Download Leave a Comment Tags: Critical Care, General Surgery Show Notes Table of C ... Show More

The SMART-CHOICE 3 trial demonstrated that clopidogrel monotherapy is more effective than aspirin monotherapy in reducing the risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in high-risk patients who completed standard dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following percutane ... Show More