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Sweet and Low A1C

Join us as Yis interviews Dr. Courgi, an Endocrinologist from St. Catherine's of Sienna Hospital, on managing diabetes. 

How Much Ammo Do You Really Need?

We all know that time when we were kids and we had to have that yucky medicine for what seemed like months but was really only 7-10 days. Is all of that trauma really necessary to put on kids? Can a lower dose and a less amount of days achieve the same outcome? How many days of exercise do the parents really need by chasing the kid around for an hour and then coaxing them for an hour to take the antibiotics?

 

Find out on The RICU! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy it!

Achieving ROSC in A Heartbeat

Achieving ROSC in a Heartbeat: Improving Outcomes in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

We all know that feeling-that shiver running down our spine, that skipped heartbeat we notice not on the patient monitor but coming from within our own selves, when that dreaded, yet all-to-frequent Code-Blue rings overhead. 

For as long as any of us can remember, ACLS guidelines for cardiac arrest include the same-old flow chart: begin CPR, attach pads, administer epi and amio, etc. 
But have you ever stopped and wondered how effective this age-old protocol actually is? Are we reviving enough of these patients to accept this protocol as adequate? Or perhaps there are other drugs we can utilize during a cardiac arrest event?

In this week’s episode, we discuss an amazing clinical trial that questions these very notions and explores the efficacy of steroids and pressors in achieving ROSC (‘return of spontaneous circulation). Tune in as we discuss the VAM-IHCA Trial and the implications this research will have on improving ROSC outcomes in cardiac arrest events in the hospital setting. 

As always, thank you for joining us on the RICU podcast where we keep you up to date on all the latest research in clinical medicine.

From Goldfish to PANDAS Featuring Dr. Kaplovitz

When it comes to PANDAS, your first thought probably wanders to cuddly black and white creatures munching on bamboo. And we don’t blame you. Who wants to think about neuropsychiatric complications of strep infections in kids? But hey, that’s why they send us to school for 12 years.. to think of these weird things. 

We hope you’ll enjoy this week’s episode where a pediatrician, Dr. Kaplovitz, discusses the wild range of treatment options from NSAIDs to antibiotics, and even IVIG, and how clinicians are diagnosing and treating PANDAS. 

 

Are Pandas Becoming Extinct or Gaining More Traction

The Use of IVIG to treat PANDAS or PANS.

Breath in and Stop Activin...Sota May Help

Cooler Methods For Liver Transplantations

Modulating The Time and Space Continuum

Transitioning Treating Transitional Cell Carcinoma

Is it Flattery or Just an Exaggerated Compliment?