The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#457 Cold and Flu Season: Upper Respiratory Infections

Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Treating colds, flu, and more with Dr Amber Bird!

Dive deep into upper respiratory viral infections with Dr Amber Bird, MD (Penn). Feel confident on when to order testing, recommend symptom relieving treatments, and avoid unnecessary antibiotics.

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Show Segments

00:00 Introduction and Setting the Agenda

03:07 Getting to Know the Guest and Rapid Fire Questions

05:51 Case from Kashlak: Mateo with Common Cold Symptoms

06:12 Defining and Diagnosing the Common Cold

09:08 Approach to History and Physical Exam

13:23 Viral Respiratory Testing and Its Indications

17:36 Symptomatic Treatment Options for the Common Cold

24:25 Managing Cough and Nasal Congestion

35:03 Home Remedies and natural products

42:16 Prescribing Antivirals for Influenza

46:33 Antibiotics and Counseling Patients

52:07 Contagiousness and Risk to Family Members

54:52 Recurring Colds and Risk Factors

59:38 Vaccination recommendations

01:01:23 Key Takeaways and Conclusion

Credits

Producer: Leah Witt, MD and Molly Heublein, MD

Show Notes/CME: Molly Heublein, MD

Cover Art and Infographic: Leah Witt, MD

Hosts, writers: Leah Witt and Molly Heublein, MD

Reviewer: Fatima Syed, MD

Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

Technical Production: PodPaste

Guest: Amber Bird, MD

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#456 Outpatient Oxygen Therapy

Mon, 07 Oct 2024

Supplemental oxygen is ubiquitous and yet there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty related to prescription and management in the outpatient setting. Have no fear, we’ve got your back! On this episode of The Curbsiders we host special guest Susan Jacobs, RN, MS who is a bonafide, world-class expert in outpatient oxygen therapy. How to prescribe? What’s out there? What do you do when your patient travels? She joins us to tackle these questions and so much more so make sure to tune in and snag some knowledge food for that old brain hole!

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Show Segments

Intro

Getting to know our guest

Basics of oxygen prescribing and devices

Caveats for the patient who only has exertional hypoxemia

How to prepare for travel

Key points & take aways

Outro

Credits

Producer, Writer, Infographic and Cover Art Artist: Leah Witt, MD

Show Notes: Cyrus Askin, MD

Reviewer: Fatima Syed, MD

Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

Technical Production: PodPaste

Guest: Susan Jacobs, RN, MS

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#455 Sports Injuries Part 2: Hip and Knee

Mon, 30 Sep 2024

De-stress your approach to stress fractures (and trochanteric pain syndromes and meniscus tears)!

Follow along as the great Dr. Senter guides us through the diagnosis, workup, and treatment of an all-star lineup of sport injuries. Part 2 covers stress fractures, relative energy deficiency in sports, trochanteric pain, meniscus tears, and the ongoing quest to diagnose Paul’s mysterious hip injury.

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Show Segments

Case 1 - Hip stress fracture

Approach to hip injuries in runners

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S)

Imaging consideration for bone stress injuries

Surgical and treatment consideration for hip stress fractures

Osteoporosis evaluation

Case 2 - Greater trochanteric pain syndrome

Hip and trochanter anatomy

Treatment and imaging of trochanteric tendinopathies

Case 3 - Meniscus tear

Knee evaluation and physical exam

Bucket handle tears and surgical considerations

Special physical exam maneuvers

Imaging and further surgical considerations

Outro & Take Home Points

Credits

Producer and Show Notes: Peter Wikoff MD

Writer, Infographic and Cover art: Edison Jyang MD

Reviewer: Sai S Achi MD MBA FACP

Hosts and Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

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Guest: Dr. Carlin Senter MD

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#454 Kidney Boy on Managing Diabetes and Hypertension in CKD

Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Written and Produced by: Fatima Syed, MD, MSc

Infographic and Cover Art: Zoya Surani, MD

Show Notes: Fatima Syed, MD, MSc

Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

Reviewer: Sai S Achi, MD, MBA, FACP

Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP and Paul Williams MD, FACP

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Guest: Joel Topf, MD

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#453 Sports Injuries Part 1: Concussion and Hip Pain

Mon, 16 Sep 2024

Follow along as the great Dr. Senter guides us through the diagnosis, workup, and treatment of an all-star lineup of sport injuries. Part 1 covers concussions, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and the ongoing quest to diagnose Paul’s mysterious hip injury.

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Show Segments

00:00 Introduction

08:43 Case 1 - Concussion

9:39 Approach and Workup of Concussions

18:08 Treatment of Concussions (Return to Activity)

24:10 Consideration of Head Imaging

33:20 Case 2 - Hip Pain (FAI)

34:15 Hip Anatomy and Differential Diagnosis

38:41 Hip Physical Exam

45:41 Hip Imaging

47:28 Treatment of FAI

Outro & Take Home Points

Credits

Producer and Show Notes: Peter Wikoff MD

Writer, Infographic and Cover art: Edison Jyang MD

Reviewer: Sai S Achi MD MBA FACP

Hosts and Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP

Technical Production: PodPaste

Guest: Dr. Carlin Senter MD

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