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In this episode, The Curious Clinicians took things to heart and unpacked both why rheumatic heart disease so often involves heart valves, and why the mitral valve is by far the most commonly affected. See below for our take home points and other episode information! Take Home Points CME/MOC Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1Continue reading “Episode 65 – Taking Things to Heart”

Why does meperidine treat rigors? When a patient is having rigors that are causing them to desaturate or become tachypneic, you may have turned to meperidine to stop them. Meperidine is an opioid that has fallen out of common use for most indications, but remains a go-to agent for many to stop disadvantageous rigors. HowContinue reading “Episode 64 – Stopping the Shakes”

Why does weight-lifting increase muscle size? If you have ever lifted weights, you are likely to recall that in the hours and days after your workout, your muscles started to grow. Not everyone’s muscles grow to the same extent or degree, but this is a fairly standard response to resistance training. On this episode, weContinue reading “Episode 63 – Getting Swol”

Why do patients with liver injury or dysfunction have conjugated hyperbilirubinemia? On this episode of the podcast, we discuss another paradox: why does the liver’s ability to conjugate remain even in the setting of severe severe inflammation or fibrosis? It might make sense to see a dramatic elevation in unconjugated bilirubin in these situations, butContinue reading “Episode 62 – Connected Bilirubin”

Why can tick bites cause red meat allergy? When you think about tick bites, usually infections like Lyme disease or babesiosis come to mind. But on this episode of the podcast, we explore a surprising association between tick bites, a sugar moiety called alpha-gal, and red meat allergies. The story brings together many different strands, fromContinue reading “Episode 61 – Of ticks, alpha-gal, and red meat allergies”