Podcast 864: Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) vs Veno...

Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: What is tramadol and how does it work? Tramadol is a Schedule IV opioid analgesic used for moderate pain and is often perceived as safer than other opioids due to lower abuse potential. It is a prodrug with weak direct μ-opioid re ...  Show more

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: The Case 24F brought in for anxiety. Patient is tearful, not talking, and potentially hyperventilating. History from boyfriend is that she suddenly stopped talking and started crying and it was hard to understand what she was sayi ...  Show more

We review Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Hosts: Sadakat Chowdhury, MD Brian Gilberti, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/ARDS.mp3 Download Leave a Comment Tags: Critical Care, Pulmonary Show Notes Definition of ARDS: Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edem ...  Show more

Oxygen is probably the drug that we give the most but possibly has the least governance over. More has got to be good except in those at high risk of type II respiratory failure right?? Well as we know the evidence base has swung to challenge that idea in recent years and the new ...  Show more

Blood gases are really commonly used in ED, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine and Prehospitally. In fact, you'd do well to walk 10 meters in an ED without being given one to sign off! But it's for good reason, because they give you additional information about what's going o ...

An overview and management tips of hemoptysis in the ED. Hosts: Brian Gilberti, MD Audrey Bree Tse, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Hemoptysis.mp3 Download One Comment Tags: Critical Care, Pulmonary Show Notes OVERVIEW: Definition: expectoration/ co ...  Show more