51 - Replete with Kare

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

See some of the original interviews on Youtube!What is the evidence behind K+ repletion? What is a framework to think through for hypokalemia? What are the different repletion formulations and what else can you do to mitigate hypokalemia? Stepping back, do we really need to get l ...  Show more

Dr. Jordan Cramer joins Dan McCollum to discuss the management of hyperkalemia. Learn key aspects of the history and physical Discuss the importance of an early ECG. Discover important details about a variety of treatment options. 

In this episode, Drs. Young and Ambruso discuss not just treating hypokalemia but the importance if determining the cause with a specific emphasis on GI losses and the role the kidney plays.Sophia Ambruso DO @Sophia_Kidney, Sarah Young MD @kidneycritic, Judy Blaine MD, Parisa Mor ...  Show more

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:35]: Question Dissection: A 17 year old boy is seen in the E.D. with a complaint of muscle weakness.. [6:10] Laboratory medicine chapter of S2S including questions like: - What may cause a false lab report of hyperkalemia? - What effec ...  Show more