Oct 29, 2025
Contributors: Preeya Prakash MD, Adam Greenhaw PharmD, Travis Barlock MD, and Jeffrey Olson MS4
In this episode, cardiologist Preeya Prakash and medical student Jeffrey Olson listen in as two cases are presented from EMM’s recent event, Tox Talk 2025.
Talk 1- Digoxin Overdose
Dr. Adam Greenhaw presents a case of a...
Oct 27, 2025
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD
Educational Pearls:
Traumatic Brain Injuries are a frequent complaint in the Emergency Department and have increased in recent years. The American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has created Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG), in an attempt to categorize brain injuries and the level of...
Oct 20, 2025
Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD
Educational Pearls:
- A recent study published in a pediatric journal in April 2025 compared temporal and oral thermometers
- Paired temperature measurements (temporal and oral temperature
within 30 minutes) were obtained from 1,412 pediatric patients
- 26% of patients had statistically...
Oct 13, 2025
Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Delusional parasitosis is a subtype of the psychiatric
condition delusional disorder
- Defined as a fixed, false belief of infestation by parasites or other organisms
- A somatic type of delusional disorder
- Primary delusional parasitosis
- Occurs in the absence of other...
Oct 6, 2025
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD
Educational Pearls:
The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is multifactorial, but the most widely suspected mechanism is the amyloid cascade hypothesis:
- Beta-amyloid proteins accumulate in the central nervous system, forming plaques that impair neuronal function.
In recent years, advances...