Episode 19 - DIC

In this episode, Avi walks us through a medical mystery many of us may not be aware of: Did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt truly have polio, or is an alternate diagnosis more likely? Click here for show notes and click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), ...  Show more

In the waning days of summer, we at The Curious Clinicians were in the mood take things back to the rains of spring. This episode is a reboot from our archives of one originally posted on March 27, 2025. Hannah dove into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a ke ...  Show more

In this episode, we cover disseminated intravascular coagulation. It sounds bad, because it is. Come listen and refresh your skills around supporting the bleed-bleedy versus the cloth-clotty, how to differentiate DIC and chronic liver failure and a few more juicy clinical pearls. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we review the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and approach to the patient with DIC. Listen closely for some key tips on diagnostic scores and the trap of an inappropriately normal fibrinogen! Written by: Dr. Stefan Jevtic (Internal Medicine Resident), ...  Show more

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:25]: Question Dissection: The surgical intern on call is summoned to the bedside of a postoperative patient for a urine output of 20 mL in the last 24 hours... [3:44] Shock chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the classi ...  Show more

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:25]: Question Dissection: The surgical intern on call is summoned to the bedside of a postoperative patient for a urine output of 20 mL in the last 24 hours... [3:44] Shock chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the classi ...  Show more