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Dr. Sharma discusses paraproteinemias including multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia and Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS). He delves into complications of myeloma as well (POEMS, AL amyloidosis).
Read MoreDr, Sharma reviews the principles and disorders hemostasis, including hemophilia, factor deficiencies and acquired causes. A practical approach to diagnosing bleeding disorders is covered through clinical cases.
Read MoreDr. Marsano discusses evidence regarding diagnosis and management of fulminant hepatic failure. Dr. Marsano is a professor of medicine at the University of Louisville and holds a Distinguished Chair in Hepatology in the department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Read MoreDr. Glenn Hirsch discusses assessment and initial management of acute aortic syndromes: aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, penetrating aortic ulcer, rapid aneurysm expansion and aortic rupture.
Read MoreDr. Guardiola covers the management of community acquired pneumonia based on the IDSA/ATS Consensus Guidelines. This lecture includes diagnosis criteria, site of care decision making ,diagnostic testing, empiric antibiotic treatment, risk factors for special pathogens, duration of antibiotics, management of patients that fail to respond to initial therapy and prevention of CAP.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Amit Dwivedi discusses perspectives on peripheral vascular disease tailored towards internal medicine providers from epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment.
Read MoreOr Why Electricity is Good For Patients. In this lecture, Dr. Lorrel Brown distills the scary heart rhythms into easy to remember principles and helps ease the heart pains of house staff officers.
Read MoreCAP, HAP, VAP, HCAP, have trouble keeping the alphabet soup of pneumonia straight? Dr. Paula Peyrani sets you straight in this lecture covering classification of pneumonia, etiologies, diagnoses and treatment strategies.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Kerri Remmel summarizes acute stroke care. She covers the basics of stroke vs. TIA, rapid assessment in the emergency department, scoring with NIH stroke scale, IV-tPA considerations, and endovascular treatments.
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