bright red blood - the irreverent MD
An evidence-based medicine podcast to separate the gems from the crap for all.
Episodes
10 episodes
Let's get salty part 3
First I recall time served on the inpatient Cardiology service in residency. Then we review the evidence for salt and fluid restriction in acute and chronic heart failure. Aliti GB, Rabelo ER, Clausell N, Rohde LE, Biolo A, Be...
Let's get salty part 2
More salt! Wait, less salt. Or at least the management of less salt. Let's review the evidence supporting the management of hyponatremia (or not)...Aegisdottir H, Cooray C, Wirdefeldt K, Piehl F, Sveinsson O. Incidence of osmotic demyeli...
Let's get salty part 1
This spring is all about salt!!! In part 1 I relive the saltiness of the emergency department while I was in residency and then get super nerdy about the pathophysiology of hyponatremia. Verbalis JG, Goldsmith SR, Greenberg A, Korze...
You can't outrun cancer... or can you...
First there is more fun on the Oncology service to be had by all. Then we discuss a landmark trial assessing the benefit of exercise as adjunctive therapy for colon cancer.Most pertinent articles: Bozzetti F. Potential...
6 paltry nuisances and the histrionic ire they beget...
Join me as I first discuss annoying people, followed by a lot of annoying Medicine.Bajaj JS, Pyrsopoulos NT, Rahimi RS, Heimanson Z, Allen C, Rockey DC. Serum Ammonia Levels Do Not Correlate With Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy S...
What not to do with bloody poo...
After arguing that Geriatrics really is a worthy subspecialty, I recount all of the poop I just can’t get away from… even after the patient is technically dead… Then prepare to be bombarded by the mounting evidence against and festering frustra...
Don't eat the hand that feeds you... and other twisted tales of cellulitis...
After exploring the healing powers of dog saliva we dig into some evidence about one of the most common diagnoses we see in clinic and the hospital--cellulitis. It may be simple, but it's far from easy.Prevalence of misdiagnosis of cellu...
Afib, CVD, and a bloody butt
What's worse than bleeding relentlessly out of your butt because you're on oral anticoagulation for your afib and antiplatelet therapy for your cardiovascular disease? An intracranial hemorrhage for the same reason! But the times they are a cha...
Hormones, horror, and hot nude girls...
After exploring some of humankind's basest instincts we delve into the true benefits and risks of testosterone therapy for older hypogonadal men, and are left feeling impotent...Main publications:Cardiovascular Safety of Testoster...