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This episode covers Chapter 29 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode Overview:

1. Describe the mechanism of development of a Hypochloremic Metabolic Alkalosis in vomiting
2. List commonly used anti-emetics including their dose and their receptor site of action.
3. List causes of vomiting specific to age groups: infant, newborn, child, and teen.

Wisecracks:

1. What are the three main areas providing afferent inputs to the vomiting centre?
2. Name 6 critical causes and 6 complications of vomiting

This episode covers Chapter 28 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1) Describe heme metabolism 2) List common pre-hepatic/hepatic/post-hepatic causes of jaundice

Wisecracks:

1) What are clinical signs of liver disease? 2) What laboratory tests can be useful in a jaundiced patient? 3) List the triad of acute hepatic failure 4) List and describe 6 critical causes of jaundice 5) What are 3 causes of jaundice in pregnancy?

This episode covers Chapter 27 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. List and explain 8 causes of life-threatening abdominal pain
2. List 15 causes of extra-abdominopelvic abdominal pain

Wisecracks:

1. Why is WBC of so little utility in abdominal pain?
2. When is an abdominal x-ray useful in investigating abdominal pain?

This episode covers Chapter 26 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. List 6 critical causes of chest pain

Wisecracks:

1. Walk through a systems approach to chest pain including common and uncommon causes of chest pain
2. Outline your approach to the person with sudden onset severe chest pain

On behalf of the Physicians as Humans project, I'm thrilled to present the first episode of the series: "Addiction in a medical student." If you are unfamiliar with the project, please read this post to learn about the podcast series' origins.

In this first episode I speak with a Canadian medical student about his personal battle with drug addiction during medical school. He candidly describes his experience and the powerful impact it has had on his future as a physician.

This is an ongoing project, so if you or anyone you know have a story about managing personal struggles while in medicine, please contact [email protected].

Thanks for listening!

Niresha, Physicians as Humans Project

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This episode covers Chapter 25 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. List 10 critical causes of dyspnea

Wisecracks:

1. Outline your approach to the acutely dyspneic patient
2. Name 6 uncommon causes of dyspnea

This episode covers Chapter 24 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. Describe the management of massive hemoptysis
2. List the 12 causes of hemoptysis

Wisecracks:

1. How do you tease out other hemoptysis mimics?

This episode covers Chapter 23 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. List 8 Emergent Diagnoses for the chief complaint of sore throat
2. List the most common viral, bacterial, and non-infectious causes of sore throat
   • List at least 8
3. Describe the modified Centor Criteria and their use

Wisecracks:

1. Describe the pros and cons of antibiotics for suspected or confirmed acute GAS pharyngitis (see Rosen's page 202)
2. Other than Group B Strep, name 6 agents causing exudative pharyngitis

This episode covers Chapter 22 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. Describe the Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect, how it is diagnosed, and list a differential diagnoses for this finding
2. List 6 treatment options for Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
3. Describe 5 history or physical exam findings that distinguish between periorbital cellulitis and orbital cellulitis

Wisecracks:

1. What are the causes of exophthalmos?
2. How can you differentiate between viral and bacterial conjunctivitis?
3. Causes of anisocoria?

This episode covers Chapter 21 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode overview:

1. List the differential diagnosis (critical emergent, urgent) for Diplopia
   • Including at least 7 causes of binocular diplopia
2. Describe the mechanisms of normal extraocular movements
3. Describe the specific cranial nerve palsies causing diplopia

Wisecracks:

1. What are the 5 most important questions to ask yourself about diplopia?
2. Describe your approach to diplopia in the sick patient