Podcast 797: Vitamin C in Sepsis

Carepoint Journal Club is a quarterly series with discussions about a medical topic, brought to you by Carepoint's Emergency Physicians. 

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: UTIs are commonly seen in older women We often see them taking long-term prophylactic antibiotics because of common recurrence. Around 20-30% of older women who develop a UTI have a recurrence due to either diagnostic failure, tre ...  Show more

<span class="s1">In this episode, we discuss the role of hydrocortisone, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and thiamine (HAT therapy) in the treatment of patients with septic shock. We discuss biological plausibility and comprehensively review the latest evidence.</span>

This podcast highlights pearls, pitfalls and take home points from our conference on ID emergencies as well as a sepsis update for 2015 https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Core_EM_Podcast_Episode_2.mp3 Download Leave a Comment Tags: Ebola, Endocarditis, In ...  Show more

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Dr. Zach Cost and Dr. Tem Bendapudi join the show to discuss the literature pertaining to tranexamic acid and thromboembolic risk. Dr. Zach Cost is an anesthesia resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Pavan ("Tem") Bendapudi holds a joint faculty appointment in the D ...  Show more