Sarcopenia, Frailty and Risk Prediction in Geriatric Patients
As people age, loss of muscle mass is inevitable, resulting in sarcopenia. Muscle loss contributes to overall weakness, which causes frailty. Frailty, in turn, is the generalized susceptibility to dis...
9 Feb 201718min
Hypertension Management and Dealing With Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients—A Report From the 2016 European Union Geriatric Medical Society Meeting
Managing hypertension in elderly patients is complicated. Recent studies have shown that elderly patients may benefit from aggressive hypertension management, but other studies have shown that some ar...
2 Feb 201728min
Managing Violent Patients in Health Care Settings
Workplace violence–related injuries occur disproportionately in health care settings. In this podcast, we discuss how individual clinicians should manage violent patients who might attack them. Articl...
30 Jan 201721min
Systematic Approach to a New Onset Seizure
Between 8% and 10% of the population will have a seizure at one point in life. It's important to distinguish seizures from other entities that can look like them and, once a diagnosis of a seizure is ...
27 Dec 201628min
Using Medicare Star Ratings to Select Hospitals
Medicare recently developed a star rating system to help consumers determine the quality of care delivered at various hospitals. This rating system was considered controversial by many. In this podcas...
1 Nov 201626min
Treatments for Hyperemesis and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
Nearly all women experience some element of nausea and vomiting during their pregnancies. In this podcast we review the entire spectrum of disease all the way up to hyperemesis gravidarum and how to p...
4 Okt 201618min
Fluid Resuscitation for Patients in Septic Shock
When managing septic shock, passive leg raising is the best test to determine if a patient is likely to respond to a fluid bolus, better than CVP lines or even bedside ultrasound. Dr Najib Ayas, Assoc...
27 Sep 201630min
The High Cost of Pharmaceuticals in the United States
Drug prices continue to rise in the US. Many solutions have been proposed but few have been implemented. Drs. Janet Woodcock from the FDA and Aaron Kesselheim, author of The High Cost of Prescription...
26 Aug 201632min
