Twice monthly podcast exploring topics relevant to emergency medicine - hosted by @VenkBellamkonda & Alex Finch (@MayoClinicEMres @MayoClinicEM)

Joined February 2021
Check out our own Dr. Casey Clements in this episode of @AlwaysOnEM . He talks about the history and influences in sepsis over the past 3 decades and best practices in EM. Steroids? Vitamin C? Albumin? Tune in to find out! linktr.ee/alwaysonem?utm_sou… – at Minnesota, USA
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MedTox Fellows: This should be easy. 5-year-old boy presents with BP 62/30, HR 32, sinus brady, narrow QRS. Glucose 320 mg/dL; K 2.9 mmol/L, Ca 8.8 mg/dL. What did he ingest? A. fluoroacetate B. hydralazine C. digoxin D. propranolol E. verapamil
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Tanner Melton, PharmD presents "Waving Goodbye to the X Waiver: Reassessing Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder ". Pharmacology CE available for pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. #TwitteRx @MayoMedEd apple.co/3YY2CkV
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Pretty cool to hear my name coming through the audio as a shoutout on the latest @AlwaysOnEM episode about sim learning. Here’s a photo of me reviewing an ACLS sim with family med residents. Grateful to be practicing somewhere with resources like @UNMC_iEXCEL – at Bellevue, NE
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Started listening to @AlwaysOnEM last week and the episode on accidental hypothermia was phenomenal. This case was amazing: resuscitationjournal.com/art…
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Rheumatoid arthritis has numerous extraarticular manifestations including scleritis. scleritis is an urgent condition - watch for - severe pain - pain without relief from properacaine - pain with movements @VenkBellamkonda #EyeTwitter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common autoimmune rheumatic disease. The immune system attacks citrullinated peptides within joints to create synovitis, pain, and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Bywaters lesions are tiny microvascular infarcts that appear as small discolorations at fingertips - seen with vasculitis / rheumatoid arthritis Examples from Dr. Luciano Schiazza's website: lucianoschiazza.it/documenti… @VenkBellamkonda podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Synovitis on ultrasound is diagnosed using GreyScale findings Operator grades as follows: 0 - none 1 - mild 2 - moderate 3 - severe @VenkBellamkonda podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Optimize your exam of joints: 1. Tenderness along the joint line (use enough pressure to blanche the nail bed) 2. Swelling - often a sign of synovitis (different than effusion) 3. Effusion (use #POCUS) 4. Pain with range of motion @VenkBellamkonda podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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What do Methotrexate & Bactrim have in common? Both agents inhibit dihydrofolate reductase! Dont use them together as it can cause: - mucositis - myelosuppression - kidney injury @VenkBellamkonda podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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