Quick Pimps: GI Bleeding This is a common topic to be pimped on in Emergency Medicine. This pathology is not uncommon, can manifest with varying signs and symptoms and is associated with a high mortality. This topic is extremely important to understand, not only because of its occurrence rate and related mortality, but because the actions taken immediately in the Emergency Department can have a significant impact on patient course and outcome. This topic is full of clinical pearls, interesting pharmacology, practical decision tools and my favorite…pseudoaxioms! Quick Pimps: Acute GI Bleeding PDF Preview Disclaimer: this cartoon is meant to say NG tubes are safe. Their efficacy is up for debate.

Mutiple Endocrine Neoplasias (MEN syndromes) “Oh, this is definitely MEN syndrome….but which one?” No matter how many times I have memorized these syndromes I feel like the information is gone after a week. I looked around for helpful study tips but since most use a combination of “this many Ps and that many Ms”…yet everything is a P or M, I was lost. I made this diagram because I am a visual learner and it only seemed right to point out that there are only a few differences. I hope this helps for boards. This seems to show up on every USMLE and COMLEX. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias

Osteopathic Approach for Palliative and Hospice Care Rob Kawa talks palliative care in this podcast. This is a great talk going over lots of Osteopathic principles as well as techniques. This should also help those out there with a COMLEX exam coming up. Enjoy! https://didacticsonline.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/osteopathic-approach-to-palliative-care.mp3 OMT In Hospice and Palliative Care PDF

Quick Pimps: Approach to Rheumatic Patient Here is a quick overview of many rheumatologic pathologies. My goal was to create a quick visual aid to assist in differential diagnosis and managing the dreaded rheumatology board question. I plan on editing and adding to the form so I welcome any comments. Approach to Rheumatic Patient

Quick Pimps: Criteria and Rules Quick Reference Sheet I am working on a few podcasts but in the meantime I thought I’d share a new sheet that is helping me during my Internal Medicine rotation. It is a work in progress so let me know about any corrections or additions you can think of. Criteria and Rules Sheet

Quick Pimps: Causes of Postoperative Fever Postoperative fever is an extremely common finding and therefore an extremely common topic for med students to be pimped on. Fever is found in as many as 91% of post-op patients. It is most often benign and self-limited and a normal physiologic response to the trauma of surgery. However it can be due to a variety of causes, some benign and some life threatening. Ws mnemonic POD 1-2: Wind – Pneumonia, Aspiration, PE (NOT ATELECTASIS…listen to podcast for more details) POD 3-5: Water – UTI POD ~5: Walking – DVT, PE POD ~7: Wound – Surgical Site Infection POD >7: What we did – Line infections of drug/blood product reactions at any time POD >10: Wonder Where?- Deep Abcess

Causes of Postoperative Fever Podcast Postoperative fever notes Evaluating postoperative fever: A focused approach. By James C. Pile MD https://didacticsonline.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/postoperative-fever.mp3

Quick Pimps: Treatment of Hyperkalemia Quick Pimps is a new series where I will quickly discuss topics that medical students are commonly “pimped” on. This first episode I will discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia. I will rapidly go through an overview of the treatment and then go more extensively in to details on the different treatment modalities. Treatment of Hyperkalemia Podcast Treatment of Hyperkalemia Powerpoint https://didacticsonline.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/tx-of-hyperkalemia.mp3

The next step I would like to announce that Nicholas Camposeo, Randal Davis, Roberty Kawa, Tara Nowakhtar, Meighan O’Connor and Brandon Parker have completed our predoctoral fellowship in Osteopathic Practices and Principles. We will all be starting our 3rd year rotations in the next few days. DidacticsOnline’s format and schedule may change slightly in the upcoming months but will not stop posting didactic discussions. DidacticsOnline continues to strive to provide an Osteopathic voice in medical discussion. I hope to have regular posts on various topics throughout the year and continue to welcome any questions or comments on how to improve the content. Please subscribe to our podcast and youtube channel and follow us on facebook and Google+.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Tara Nowakhtar discusses COPD. Podcast includes pathophysiology, clinical presentation and management. COPD Podcast

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