Recall Bias

Recall Bias

By Addie, Kim, and AlexMedicine
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Recall Bias episodes

  • Episode 021 — Bayes and BNP
    Can a person have two functioning hearts in their chest? Can running a marathon look like a heart attack? Why is virtually everyone admitted to the hospital now via the emergency department? Join us as we ponder these questions and more in our third cardiology episode!
    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 020 – Ribbons and rhythms
    How, exactly, do you say 'Torsades de Pointes' and why should you treat it empirically? Can you detect a-fib with just a wristwatch and your finger? What is the origin story of Alex's egg-related superhero powers? Join us for episode 20 as we tackle all these questions and more!
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 019 — Shapeshifters and suspension
    Can a climbing harness lead to a systolic blood pressure of 500+? What does nitroglycerin actually do? Does the FDA approve medicines for use in patients of a certain race? Join us this week to answer these questions and more, in the first episode of Season 2 and the first episode of our cardiology series!
    45 min
  • Episode 018 — Veterinary tranquilizers and sea voyages
    What happens when you get splashed in the eyes with a veterinary tranquilizer intended for African elephants? This week on Recall Bias we're talking about opioids: nomenclature, potency, mechanisms, rare but high yield adverse effects, as well as reversal agents. We also explore the world's most common toxin-related seafood poisoning and the "Lake Wobegon effect" for EBM.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 015 — HIV and millet seeds
    A brief history of HIV, AIDS-defining illnesses, fungal infections, disseminated tuberculosis, PrEP, writing your name on test tubes, and Alex tells us about contracting giardia and whether he recommends the experience (spoiler: he doesn't).
    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 013 — Gonorrhea and parachutes
    Exploding dental fillings, zoonoses, skin infections, antibiotic sledgehammers, forgotten encephalitis, treating syphilis with malaria, multi-drug resistant gonorrhea, and questioning the evidence for parachutes.
    1 hr 34 min

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Three medical students take you on a retrospective and subjective review of high-yield concepts in medicine.