Alert and Oriented

The A&O team at Rush, led by Megan Kotzin & Nick Rigler, present a case of a patient initially seen in clinic to M4s Sameera Khan & Erin Keizur. The team has a wide-ranging discussion centered around the chief complaint of a new neck lump. Check out our post on Twitter that includes a clinical picture.

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Nick Rigler & Megan Kotzin flip the script and present a recent case to Dr. Abrams and Dr. Kevin Grudzinski. They reason through multi-system findings and look for a unifying connection. Although they do get close, Megan and Nick ultimately stumped Kevin and Dr. Abrams. This one definitely requires a deep dive into your knowledge bank.

After listening, please get in contact with us if you were thinking along the right track.

We encourage you to briefly pause after each aliquot and test your reasoning in real time!

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Nick Rigler & Megan Kotzin host (fresh) M4's Luke Detloff & Eric Azua. They, along with Dr. Abrams and (Dr.) Kevin Grudzinski, discuss an exciting case that Dr. Abrams recently had while on service. Bayesian reasoning, plausibility vs. probability, and schematic branch points help guide these two to the most likely diagnosis.

We encourage you to briefly pause after each aliquot and test your reasoning in real time!

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References:

Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide, 4e Stern SC, Cifu AS, Altkorn D. Stern S.C., & Cifu A.S., & Altkorn D(Eds.),Eds. Scott D.C. Stern, et al. McGraw Hill, 2020

Excited to welcome back John Levinson and John Stathopoulos to discuss an exciting case with a unique presentation and rather unexpected findings in a young adult. It was fun to sit back and listen to the Johns' navigate this case, impressively reasoning through each aliquot, showing off how much their clinical reasoning skills have grown since their last appearance on A&O.

We encourage you to briefly pause after each aliquot and test your reasoning in real time!

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We are back after taking a short break for match festivities! Nick Rigler & Megan Kotzin present a case of acute intermittent epistaxis. Future orthoBROs Sam Rudisill & Al Hornung reason through thrombocytopenia, proving they know more than just bone stuff!

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Nick Rigler and Megan Kotzin team up to discuss a case of everyone's favorite, hyponatremia! M3 roommates, Emma St. John and Veena Ganesan, earn the title of Sodium Queens after navigating serum & urine osmolality and urine sodium like electrolyte masters. You will be equally impressed with how they are able to frame their problem representation and give appropriate consideration to some conflicting data, but ultimately do not waiver on their path to the diagnosis.

Test your reasoning with each aliquot alongside Emma and Veena!

This was our first episode using new audio recording equipment and unfortunately had microphone difficulties with one of our speakers. There are clips throughout where we were not able to clean up the background noise without losing our speaker's voice. We are learning as we go and will continue to work to improve our audio quality!

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Our newest team member, Nick Rigler, put together an amazing case and leads a discussion that starts off with a complaint of back pain. M3 duo, Aaron Park and Jesus 'Berto' Varela, walk us through their reasoning in real-time and naturally turn to Bayes Theorem as things get challenging. We highlight back pain red flags, cardiac physiology, synovial fluid analysis, and plenty more along the way.

Test your reasoning with each aliquot alongside Aaron and Berto!

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Ending 2021, and our first year, with brilliant discussion from Daniel 'Doctor' Boctor and Cate Chu. Follow along as they masterfully navigate a challenging case of a young woman who presents with shortness of breath and palpitations.

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A woman with poorly controlled HIV presents with throat and facial swelling. Megan Kotzin leads first-time discussants Shai Farhi and Adam Takatsuka through a case that requires reconsidering how many chips they put into their diagnostic buckets.

An accompanying infographic reviewing a topic pertinent to this case is available on our website and Twitter

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Our newest team member, Megan Kotzsin, leads our first M3 duo (Class of 2023), Nick Rigler and Anna Petersen, on a clinical reasoning journey centered on new heart failure in a previously healthy young woman.

An accompanying infographic highlighting the teaching points is available on our website and Instagram.

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