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Straight Blade: A Pediatric Emergency Differential

9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

A pediatric emergency medicine podcast specifically looking at how providers in the pediatric ED can better ourselves when talking with consultants. This fellow physician driven, interview based podcast will look at pediatric sub-specialist pet peeves but also helpful teaching points. 

DISCLAIMER: All the conversations between medical professionals on this podcast are reflective of the individual opinions/experiences of those persons and NOT the views/opinions/positions of any of the affiliated universities or institutions mentioned. 

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Episodes

Infectious Disease

May 29, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Rest assured the blade is still ready to go for the last few months of fellowship. Dr. Denver Niles,  ID fellow at Texas Children's/Baylor joins the podcast to talk about the crossroads of infectious disease and the ED, specifically general consult questions from the ED (1:35), different antibiotic regimes for CNS trauma, open fractures, sepsis, neonatal fever (11:59), COVID-19 general ID experiences (22:45 ), COVID therapeutics - remdesivir, tocilizumab, convalescent plasma, steroids  (23:2...

Infectious Disease

May 29, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Rest assured the blade is still ready to go for the last few months of fellowship. Dr. Denver Niles,  ID fellow at Texas Children's/Baylor joins the podcast to talk about the crossroads of infectious disease and the ED, specifically general consult questions from the ED (1:35), different antibiotic regimes for CNS trauma, open fractures, sepsis, neonatal fever (11:59), COVID-19 general ID experiences (22:45 ), COVID therapeutics - remdesivir, tocilizumab, convalescent plasma, steroids  (23:2...

Allergy & Immunology

December 01, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

A long overdue episode with the esteemed Dr. Tyler Yates (recent Duke AI fellow now attending at OHSU) covering all things allergy and immunology including: recent practice guideline changes / management of anaphylaxis (1:20), tryptase levels in anaphylaxis (10:57), food allergy (18:30), oral allergy syndrome (22:00),  when to call an allergist/immunologist from the ED (30:33),  immunodeficiency in regards to COVID-19 (40:40), interesting therapeutics with immunodeficiency (44:49) and his ta...

Allergy & Immunology

December 01, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

A long overdue episode with the esteemed Dr. Tyler Yates (recent Duke AI fellow now attending at OHSU) covering all things allergy and immunology including: recent practice guideline changes / management of anaphylaxis (1:20), tryptase levels in anaphylaxis (10:57), food allergy (18:30), oral allergy syndrome (22:00),  when to call an allergist/immunologist from the ED (30:33),  immunodeficiency in regards to COVID-19 (40:40), interesting therapeutics with immunodeficiency (44:49) and his ta...

Cardiology

September 11, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 52 MB

Pediatric cardiology fellow Dr. Rohin Moza and I chat all things cardiology: how PEM/other ED providers can improve their process with the pediatric cardiology consult (2:11), pediatric EKG interpretation (15:00), management of children with congenital heart disease (33:40), cardiac ultrasound POCUS vs ECHO (53:35), and management of MIS-C patients from the cardiology perspective (1:02:39). Tributes to reggaeton and getting better.  And it's always the heart.

Cardiology

September 11, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 52 MB

Pediatric cardiology fellow Dr. Rohin Moza and I chat all things cardiology: how PEM/other ED providers can improve their process with the pediatric cardiology consult (2:11), pediatric EKG interpretation (15:00), management of children with congenital heart disease (33:40), cardiac ultrasound POCUS vs ECHO (53:35), and management of MIS-C patients from the cardiology perspective (1:02:39). Tributes to reggaeton and getting better.  And it's always the heart.

PICU

July 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB

Straight Blade transitions to zoom in the COVID era to chat with PICU Fellow Dr. Jay Rakkar regarding traumatic brain injury, DKA, shock, and management of respiratory failure in patients with asthma and bronchiolitis. Shoutouts to Watchmen and Will Smith as well.

Urology

April 22, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

The first inaugural podcast in this series. I talk with a Dr. Arthi Hanallah a current urology chief resident / rising pediatric urology fellow on all things urology (basic workup, renal trauma, torsion, phimosis/paraphimosis, post circumcision management, & bonus mircolithiasis).  Also reverent / irreverent throwbacks to Arthur and '90s-2000s NBA.  Sorry hydronephrosis enthusiasts but that topic will be covered on a future podcast.

Urology

April 22, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

The first inaugural podcast in this series. I talk with a Dr. Arthi Hanallah a current urology chief resident / rising pediatric urology fellow on all things urology (basic workup, renal trauma, torsion, phimosis/paraphimosis, post circumcision management, & bonus mircolithiasis).  Also reverent / irreverent throwbacks to Arthur and '90s-2000s NBA.  Sorry hydronephrosis enthusiasts but that topic will be covered on a future podcast.