Teaching Material Archive

Pleural Effusions

Evaluate a patient with a pleural effusion. Differentiate between transudative and exudative effusions using Light's criteria. Learn to interpret the cell count and specialized testing to further narrow your differential. Differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated parapneumonic effusions and how this impacts management.

Work-up of Anemia

Develop a framework for both underproduction and overproduction anemia, then reinforce the framework through short clinical cases (60 min).

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) – POCUS

Teach deep vein thrombosis (DVT) POCUS with pre-work videos, interactive presentation and instruction for hands-on training. (30min)

Left Atrial Enlargement

Identify cardiomegaly with enlarged cardiac silhouette predominantly due to left and right atrial enlargement. (5 minutes)

Stress Testing – Outpatient Evaluation for Coronary Artery Disease

A 40-50 minute case-based chalk talk on how to risk stratify chest pain and determine the most appropriate stress test and medical management.

Malignant Pleural Effusion – CXR

Use tracheal and mediastinal deviation to help differentiate the etiology of lung whiteout and other large opacities.

Evaluation of Hyponatremia – 3 Lab Approach to Diagnosis

Learn about the 3 lab approach to diagnosis for hyponatremia.

AKI in a Patient with a Renal Transplant

Learn about the evaluation and differential for AKI in a patient with renal transplant and how it differs from your typical evaluation of AKI.

Oxygen Delivery Systems

Learn about how to treat inpatient hypoxemia with different oxygen delivery systems.

Inpatient Evaluation of Hypoxemia

Learn a systematic approach to the differential diagnosis and evaluation of acute dyspnea in a hospitalized patient. Learn about the different causes of hypoxemia in the hospital and how to differentiate between them.

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