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A new prospective multicenter cohort of 250 patients with shock examines the safety and outcomes of peripheral vasopressor administration. Extravasation events were rare and clustered only after several days of infusion, while norepinephrine use and simple physiologic markers cor ...  Show more

Intravenous dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers can quietly worsen oxygenation by blunting hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. In this episode, we break down the bedside mechanism, which agents are implicated, who’s at highest risk (post-op atelectasis, obesity, pneumonia, f ...  Show more

Listener feedback on the most important study in a decade, MONITOR-HF, a flawed paper and analysis, and the tension between pathos and logos are the topics John Mandrola, MD discusses in this week's podcast.

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For our first episode of 2020, we investigate claims related to the application of cricoid pressure.

Claim 1. Cricoid pressure reduces the risk of pulmonary aspiration.

Claim 2. Landmark technique is able to accurately identify the cr ...

Impella, digital health, low-value processes, are tricuspid valve interventions with pacing leads are the topics Dr. John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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