The Curious Clinicians

Tony, Hannah and Avi are back at it with another cardiology-nephrology episode, this time examining why calcium "stabilizes" the cardiac membrane in hyperkalemia. For that matter, what does it even mean to stabilize a membrane? Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly.

In this episode The Curious Clinicians investigate why furosemide can improve dyspnea in acute heart failure almost immediately, long before any diuresis occurs. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly.

On this episode Tony explores the benefits of fevers, including why even trees and bees mount fevers in response to infection. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

This episode is another installment in our Intern Question series, where Hannah examines why some patients feel short of breath specifically when bending over aka "bendopnea". You can read the show notes for this episode on our wbesite. Don't forget to pick up CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

The Curious Clinicians explore a theory about the prevalence of CFTR gene mutations and why cystic fibrosis carriers may have a selective advantage. You can read the show notes for this episode on our website. Check out Avi's tweetorial on this topic as well. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

Hannah, Avi and Tony examine why we feel cold while febrile (shouldn't we feel hot?) and can develop shaking chills/rigors. The answer has implications for why rigors may be a more timely predictor of active bacteremia than fevers. You can read the show notes for this episode on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

Avi, Hannah, and Tony investigate why myocardial infarctions lead to ST elevations (and/or ST depressions) on EKG. The answers they found are mind-bending. You can read the show notes for this episode on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

This episode is another installment in our "Questions from Intern Year" series. Hannah explores whether disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) can itself be a source of shock. You can read the show notes for this episode on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

In this episode of The Curious Clinicians, Tony, Hannah and Avi learn about the mechanisms of thirst, why drinking liquids immediately quenches thirst, and why patients with primary polydipsia drink excessively. Remember to get your CME/MOC credit for listening to the episode. Check out the show notes for the episode at our website as well as Tony's original tweetorial. You can support the podcast and pick up sweet swag from our online store!

This is the second episode in a two-part series called "The Eyes Have It", where The Curious Clinicians explore questions related to the eye. In this episode Hannah, Avi, and Tony learn about why bilirubin deposits in the eye, as well as why the term "scleral icterus" is anatomically incorrect. Remember to pick CME/MOC credit just for listening to the episode! Check out the show notes for this episode. You can support the podcast and pick up sweet swag from our online store!