Episodes

  • February 2025: Seizure Presentations and Pediatric Growth Plate Fractures

    February 2025: Seizure Presentations and Pediatric Growth Plate Fractures
    Apr 24 2025
    In the February 2025 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss seizure presentations and pediatric growth plate fractures. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in Critical Decisions' regular features, including weakness and syncope in The Critical ECG, a limping child with fever in Clinical Pediatrics, scaphoid fractures in Orthopedics and Trauma, suprapubic aspiration in The Critical Procedure, balloon tamponade for unstable GI bleeds in The LLSA Literature Review, and a stubborn urinary tract infection in The Critical Image.
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    36 mins
  • January 2025: Factitious Disorder and Sickle Cell Disease in Adults

    January 2025: Factitious Disorder and Sickle Cell Disease in Adults
    Feb 5 2025
    In the January 2025 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss factitious disorder in the emergency department and sickle cell disease in adults. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in Critical Decisions' regular features, including ingestion of a water-growing toy in Clinical Pediatrics, a posterior knee dislocation in Orthopedics and Trauma, local anesthetic for nasal reduction in The Critical Procedure, Bystander CPR in Black and Hispanic communities in The LLSA Literature Review, and a fall in a parking lot in The Critical Image.
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    32 mins
  • December 2024: Alcohol Withdrawal and Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage

    December 2024: Alcohol Withdrawal and Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage
    Jan 22 2025
    In the December 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department and evaluation and management of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a boy with pharyngitis and a rash in Clinical Pediatrics, a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty dislocation in Orthopedics and Trauma, a zipper injury in The Critical Procedure, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in The LLSA Literature Review, and a newborn with bloody stool in The Critical Image.
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    38 mins
  • November 2024: Investigating Lower GI Bleeding in the Emergency Department and Testicular Torsion Presentations

    November 2024: Investigating Lower GI Bleeding in the Emergency Department and Testicular Torsion Presentations
    Dec 18 2024
    In the November 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss investigating lower GI bleeding in the emergency department and testicular torsion presentations. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric facial nerve palsy in Clinical Pediatrics, a distal triceps tendon tear in Orthopedics and Trauma, reverse Valsalva maneuver in The Critical Procedure, high-risk airway management in The LLSA Literature Review, and a patient with foot drop in The Critical Image.
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    42 mins
  • October 2024: Emergency Management of Hanging and Strangulation Injuries and Peripheral Neuropathies

    October 2024: Emergency Management of Hanging and Strangulation Injuries and Peripheral Neuropathies
    Nov 19 2024
    In the October 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss emergency management of hanging and strangulation injuries and peripheral neuropathies. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including undifferentiated hypoxia following a home birth in Clinical Pediatrics, a vanishing hip in Orthopedics and Trauma, string yank technique for fishhook removal in The Critical Procedure, acute atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter best practices in The LLSA Literature Review, and a knee injury in The Critical Image.
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    31 mins
  • September 2024: Pediatric Wrist Injuries and Postintubation Care of Critically Ill Patients

    September 2024: Pediatric Wrist Injuries and Postintubation Care of Critically Ill Patients
    Oct 29 2024
    In the September 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric wrist injuries and postintubation care of critically ill patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including muscositis and rash after an acute febrile illness in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic arthrotomy status post total knee arthoplasty in Orthopedics and Trauma, bursal aspiration and injection in The Critical Procedure, antimicrobial therapy for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia in The LLSA Literature Review, and a diving accident in The Critical Image.
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    38 mins
  • August 2024: ECG Interpretation in Athletes and Emergency Care for Congenital Heart Defects

    August 2024: ECG Interpretation in Athletes and Emergency Care for Congenital Heart Defects
    Sep 11 2024
    In the August 2024 episode of the Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ECG interpretation in athletes and emergency care for congenital heart defects. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in the regular features, including a coughing pediatric patient in Clinical Pediatrics, septic subacromial bursitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of a felon in The Critical Procedure, chronic drug use and abdominal pain in The LLSA Literature Review, and a patient with nausea and jaundice in The Critical Image.
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    48 mins
  • July 2024: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Urinary Tract Infections

    July 2024: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Urinary Tract Infections
    Aug 26 2024
    In the July 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss traumatic brain injuries and urinary tract infections. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a rare complication of Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, atraumatic medial foot pain in Orthopedics and Trauma, distal fingertip amputation management in The Critical Procedure, alcoholic ketoacidosis in The LLSA Literature Review, and more than just a migraine in The Critical Image.
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    36 mins