The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

14. Ask a Fellow: "Broken Down" - Hemolysis

13. Drop the Beat - Bradyarrhythmia

12. Bones, Stones, Moans and Groans - Hypercalcemia

11. Where salt goes, water follows - Ascites

10. Ask A Fellow: "Blasted Blasts" - Blasts in the peripheral blood smear

9. Bugs in Your Blood- Bacteremia

8. When the Pipe Bursts - Upper GI Bleed

7. The Engine That Could - DKA

6. The Disease of Kings - Gout

Gout, historically known as the "disease of kings," is an inflammatory arthritis caused by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in synovial fluid when serum uric acid exceeds the saturation threshold of 400 micromoles per liter. This condition is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome, high purine diets, an...

5. A Paucity of Platelets - Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia, defined as a platelet count less than 150,000 per microliter, is explored, detailing its causes—decreased production, increased destruction/consumption, and sequestration. The podcast employs a "band-aid" analogy to explain these causes, relating them to bone marrow problems, antibody-mediated destruc...

4. The Tight Valve - Part 2: Aortic Stenosis

3. The Tight Valve - Part 1: Aortic Stenosis

2. Acute Coronary Syndrome

1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease