May 26, 2025
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD
Educational Pearls:
How do we take care of kids in severe pain?
- There are many non-pharmacologic options for pain (i.e. ice, elevation) as well as more conventional medication options (i.e. acetaminophen, NSAIDS) but in severe pain stronger medications might be indicated.
- These stronger...
May 19, 2025
Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Wheezing is classically heard in asthma and COPD, but it can be
the result of a wide range of processes that cause airflow
limitation
- Narrowed bronchioles lead to turbulent airflow → creates the wheezing
- Crackles (rales) suggest pulmonary edema which is often due...
May 12, 2025
Contributor: Jorge Chalit-Hernandez, OMS3
Educational Pearls:
- Psychedelics are being studied for their therapeutic effects in mental illnesses, including major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and many others
- Classic psychedelics include compounds like psilocybin, LSD,
and ayahuasca
- MDMA...
May 5, 2025
Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD
Educational Pearls:
What factors are considered in a COVID-19 infection?
- The viral load: Understood as the impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles infecting host cell tissue itself (utilizing ACE-2 receptors).
- Pro-Inflammatory Response: Post-infection, the body's downstream systemic...