Podcast 875: A Pediatric Case of Myopericardi...

Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: Excessive caffeine intake can be dangerous. For normal adults, the toxicity level starts at 1000mg, which is equivalent to about 10 cups of coffee or 5 celsius drinks. For normal adults, lethal levels are about 5-10 grams, which i ...  Show more

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Case review of a patient with recurrent episodes of syncope and shortness of breath, during which she is found to have intermittent runs of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia Torsades de pointes is polymorphic ventricular tachyca ...  Show more

Why should pericarditis be considered a diagnosis of exclusion? Which clinical features are most useful in the diagnosis of pericarditis? What are the most common pitfalls in the ECG interpretation? What are the best ways to differentiate the ECG of pericarditis from that of MI a ...  Show more

This episode covers pericarditis.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/cardiology/pericarditis/ or in the cardiology section of the 2nd edition of the Zero to Finals me ...

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the July 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diagnosing and Treating Pericarditis and Myocarditis in the Emergency DepartmentEpidemiologyNomenclatureEtiologyDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careED history and physi ...  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, fro ...