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When is rhythm control worth pursuing, and how do you choose an approach? Core IM works through the rhythm-control decisions that recur in practice.

A visual overview of heart failure and its management for students and residents. Pair this 2023 foundation with the newer inpatient HF, HFpEF, and HFrEF resources in Go Deeper for updated treatment detail.

Five pearls on HFpEF pathophysiology, the distinction from isolated diastolic dysfunction, BNP interpretation, diagnostic scores, and treatment. Complements the existing Curbsiders HFpEF discussion.

Introduces how to recognize and assess undifferentiated shock and organize a physiologic framework. Part 1 establishes the diagnostic foundation; it is not a complete review of every shock treatment.

What changed in the hypertension guideline, and how does it affect everyday treatment? Jordy Cohen helps translate the update into practice.

Is this pericarditis, and what should you do next? A focused Core IM review for working through the diagnosis and treatment.

Which symptoms suggest PAD, which tests help, and when should you refer? Five practical pearls for common decisions.

How do you evaluate stable chest pain and choose the next step? The Curbsiders and CardioNerds work through the approach.

VT or SVT with aberrancy? Work through the clues that help distinguish a wide-complex tachycardia.

Explains the core approach to acute coronary syndrome recognition and management.

Reviews common valvular heart disease concepts, including the diagnostic and management questions highlighted in the episode title.

Reviews the diagnostic approach to syncope and the clinical features that guide risk assessment.

Reviews dyslipidemia assessment and management for cardiovascular prevention.

Reviews preoperative risk evaluation for common medical and surgical scenarios.

Reviews device types, interrogation, infection, and end-of-life decisions. Older recording: verify implantation criteria against current guidance; Mobitz II pacing indications do not require a wide QRS.

Reviews recognition of hypertensive emergencies, end-organ injury, treatment principles, and PRES. The audio was recorded in 2019; the linked IBCC chapter has since been updated, so use it to check current management details.

Reviews inpatient insulin selection and titration, correction scales, steroid-associated hyperglycemia, home diabetes medications, and discharge planning. This 2022 foundation complements the outpatient diabetes and hyperglycemic-emergency resources.

Which medication should come first in type 2 diabetes? A debate about the choices and the patients who may benefit from them.

Reviews screening, diagnosis, and prevention strategies for prediabetes and diabetes.

Reviews high-yield endocrine emergencies and their initial management.

Reviews recognition and management of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state.

Reviews the diagnostic approach to hypercalcemia and its common causes.

A case-based approach to primary, secondary, and subclinical hypothyroidism. Pair with Hyperthyroidism for the thyroid foundation; use the newer companion for a treatment review.

A concise case-based framework for evaluating and managing hyperthyroidism. Complements Hypothyroidism; the newer thyroid companion reviews treatment and monitoring.

A clinical review of adrenal insufficiency in adults with Anand Vaidya. Adds a concise framework for recognition, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment beyond the existing endocrine emergency topics.

Reviews osteoporosis diagnosis, fracture-risk assessment, and treatment options with Brooke Matson. A concise foundation in bone health, including antiresorptive and anabolic therapies.

Maria Fleseriu reviews pituitary microadenomas, macroadenomas, hormonal excess and deficiency, imaging follow-up, visual fields, and surgical referral. Focuses on incidental lesions and empty sella, not every pituitary disorder.

A systematic clinical approach to chronic diarrhea, emphasizing diagnostic reasoning, differential diagnosis, and evaluation of common noninfectious etiologies.

What changes when a patient with cirrhosis is admitted? A practical discussion of decompensation and inpatient management.

How do you assess a GI bleed and decide what needs to happen first? Tanvi Dhere joins The Curbsiders for the clinical approach.

A case-based approach to localizing upper GI bleeding, initial stabilization, communication with gastroenterology, and the role of endoscopy. A concise companion to the broader GI bleeding review.

A practical introduction to acute pancreatitis covering diagnostic criteria, etiologies, severity assessment, initial management, and indications for consultation.

A concise case-based review of MASLD terminology, FIB-4, FibroScan, hepatology referral, and treatment.

A broad review of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, diagnostic evaluation, treatment goals, flares, and preventive care. A longer Core selection for an evolving treatment area.

Navin Kumar and Walker Redd discuss outpatient dyspepsia, H. pylori testing, PPI trials, and functional symptoms. Provides an upper-GI symptom framework rather than a complete GERD or ulcer review.

Sith Sekar and Navin Kumar discuss celiac presentations, serology, genetic testing, and diagnostic confirmation. Pair with the short management companion for follow-up and treatment.

Navin Kumar and Walker Redd review gallstone presentations, terminology, imaging, initial management, and endoscopy or surgical referral. A concise biliary framework; use current guidance for procedural timing and antibiotics.

Raymond Chung reviews the definition, causes, pathophysiology, organ complications, and management principles of acute liver failure. A concise 2022 foundation distinct from the existing cirrhosis resources.

Reviews early recognition and initial management of sepsis.

An extended 2025 discussion of sepsis diagnosis, ICU management, and unresolved controversies. Adds critical care depth after the existing foundational sepsis resource.

Start here — foundational review: A foundational approach to pneumonia, including classification, diagnostic evaluation, empiric antibiotic selection, and complications.

Continue learning — ATS guideline update: A focused discussion of the updated ATS community-acquired pneumonia recommendations, including diagnostic ultrasound, viral testing and antibiotic decisions, treatment duration, and systemic corticosteroids.

A high-yield approach to cellulitis, abscesses, human and animal bites, drainage, and antibiotic selection.

Guideline authors discuss the 2025 IDSA complicated-UTI framework, antibiotic selection, and duration. Focuses on complicated infection; the publisher discloses bioMérieux sponsorship.

Daniel Minter and Sarah Doernberg discuss Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia through a CID State-of-the-Art Review. Covers echocardiography decisions and definitive MSSA and MRSA therapy, adding a dedicated bacteremia discussion beyond endocarditis.

Examines when blood cultures are useful, pretest probability, false-positive results, and how results change management. A concise 2019 reasoning-focused discussion; the cited evidence and recommendations reflect its original publication.

Reviews hepatitis B transmission, diagnosis, and treatment concepts.

Builds a practical framework for antibiotic selection across common infections.

Reviews infective endocarditis diagnosis, microbiology, and management principles.

A practical framework for diagnosing VAP, obtaining respiratory cultures, choosing empiric therapy, and de-escalating antibiotics.

A concise inpatient approach to recognizing possible TB, initiating airborne isolation, and obtaining appropriate diagnostic testing.

Reviews establishing HIV care, comorbidities, prevention, and long-term management. A primary-care framework; screening, ART, and preventive-treatment recommendations have evolved since 2023.

Payal Patel reviews meningitis recognition, lumbar puncture, CSF interpretation, and management. A 2022 foundation: use current guidance for antimicrobial and steroid decisions; testing must not delay urgent treatment.

Cynthia Sears reviews C. difficile testing, colonization versus infection, treatment selection, recurrence, and microbiota-based therapies. A 2025 update that adds infectious diarrhea to the separate noninfectious chronic-diarrhea topic.

Builds a physiologic approach to hypoxemia, oxygen delivery, the A–a gradient, V/Q mismatch, shunt, and other mechanisms. Complements the separate respiratory-failure and ventilator resources with diagnostic reasoning.

Reviews pleural-effusion evaluation, fluid interpretation, and common causes.

Reviews pulmonary embolism diagnosis, risk assessment, and management through a guideline-based framework.

Reviews pulmonary hypertension definitions, screening, and diagnostic evaluation.

Start here for GINA's approach to diagnosing and assessing asthma. Published in 2025 and based on the 2024 report; pair with the Curbsiders asthma update in Go Deeper for additional management discussion. Publisher notes are temporarily unavailable; the Spotify episode is available.

Reviews current COPD evaluation and management concepts for internal medicine practice.

Reviews sleep-apnea recognition, diagnostic testing, and management considerations.

Introduces respiratory failure and the practical foundations of mechanical ventilation.

A broad internal-medicine review of sarcoidosis presentation, diagnosis, organ assessment, treatment, and inpatient flares.

A clinical review of incidental pulmonary-nodule evaluation, risk assessment, and management. A 2022 foundation; distinguish incidental-nodule follow-up from current lung-cancer screening eligibility.

Dominique Pepper, Nida Qadir, and Sareena Sahetya discuss adult ARDS management around the 2024 ATS guideline. Complements the ventilator foundation with a focused guideline discussion.

A case-based discussion of incidental interstitial changes, prone CT imaging, ILD categorization, and antifibrotic versus immunosuppressive treatment. Also examines access and prescribing barriers; not a complete ILD subspecialty review.

Reviews recognition and evaluation of obesity hypoventilation syndrome, its relationship to sleep apnea, and positive-airway-pressure treatment. Includes outpatient, inpatient, and perioperative considerations in a 2021 teaching discussion.

Reviews rheumatoid arthritis recognition and management for internists.

A practical three-bucket approach to common shoulder pain, with high-yield examination, imaging, treatment, and referral decisions.

A practical approach to anterior knee pain, patellofemoral pain, common bursitides, and pain after knee replacement.

A rational approach to red flags, imaging, expectation-setting, active rehabilitation, and medication choices in acute and chronic low back pain.

A focused discussion of gout flares and long-term management with Michael Pillinger. This management episode does not replace a full CPPD or septic-arthritis review.

Reviews calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, diagnosis, imaging, and acute and chronic treatment. A broad introduction to pseudogout; does not replace evaluation for septic arthritis.

Tanaz Kermani discusses diagnosis and treatment decisions in ANCA-associated vasculitis, including rituximab, cyclophosphamide, avacopan, and steroid tapering. Complements the older giant-cell arteritis companion.

Rheumatologist James Taylor reviews organisms, presentations, investigations, and treatment of septic arthritis. A concise adult hot-joint framework from a UK training podcast; apply local antimicrobial guidance.

Reviews advances in the diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency in adults.

Introduces disseminated intravascular coagulation and the thrombotic microangiopathies.

Reviews recognition, diagnostic testing, and management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Reviews immune thrombocytopenia diagnosis and management.

Reviews recognition and urgent management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

A concise case-based diagnostic framework using history, laboratory findings, and anemia classification. Complements the existing iron-deficiency review; use as an approach to diagnosis.

Ryan Metcalf discusses the 2025 AABB/ICTMG platelet-transfusion guideline. Focuses on platelet-transfusion decisions rather than RBC transfusion, plasma, or all transfusion reactions.

A visual framework for evaluating prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal causes of AKI. Start here before the nephritic-versus-nephrotic video, then continue to the cardiorenal discussion in Go Deeper.

A visual explanation of glomerular injury, the nephritic and nephrotic patterns, and a framework for organizing their causes. The creator recommends watching the AKI video first.

A concise visual framework for understanding hyponatremia on the wards. Start here, then continue to the Core IM diagnostic and management discussions in Go Deeper; this 2022 recording is not a current guideline update.

Reviews a structured approach to common acid-base disorders.

A practical video introduction to dialysis for medical students, interns, and residents. Start here for dialysis basics; the separate CKD resource covers longitudinal kidney-disease management.

A concise overview of chronic kidney disease management, kidney-protective medication classes, and common pitfalls. Complements the existing acute kidney injury resources.

Joel Topf reviews a combined approach to high and low potassium, including diagnostic reasoning and management. A longer, recent foundation complementing the sodium and acid-base selections.

Reviews time-sensitive oncologic emergencies encountered in internal medicine.

Reviews the evaluation of neutropenia and the clinical context that shapes management.

Reviews the clinical framework for classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Fauzia Riaz discusses breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment from a medical-oncology perspective, including early disease and treatment considerations. Original October 2024 release; treatment regimens continue to evolve.

Sith Sekar and Navin Kumar review colorectal screening options, family risk, and quality considerations. Also relevant to GI; focuses on screening rather than cancer staging or treatment.

Reviews recognition, characteristic findings, diagnosis, and urgent initial management of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Episode 114 is a September 2024 reissue of Episode 019, originally released in June 2022, rather than a new treatment update.

Reviews stroke and transient ischemic attack recognition, evaluation, and secondary prevention.

A primary-care foundation for first-seizure evaluation, seizure mimics, and epilepsy management with Sara Dawit. Pair with the newer acute-seizure companion; predates the 2025 classification.

Kevin Weber reviews headache evaluation, imaging decisions, and acute and preventive migraine treatment. Use the 2026 prevention companion for the newer guideline discussion.

Reza Sadjadi discusses a diagnostic approach to neuropathy in this public Continuum Audio interview. Adds recent clinical localization and evaluation alongside the existing stroke, seizure, and headache foundation.

Ashley Rawls discusses Parkinson disease in a concise public Continuum Audio interview. Adds a movement-disorder foundation without attempting to cover every cause of tremor or parkinsonism.

Reviews emergency evaluation of thunderclap headache and suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage, including CT, CT angiography, and lumbar puncture decisions. Adds a secondary-headache focus beyond migraine; this 2021 discussion predates newer guideline updates.

Reviews confounders and the role of examination, imaging, and functional testing when assessing neurologic prognosis after cardiac arrest. The audio is from 2022; the linked IBCC chapter has since been updated. Use current guidance for timing and interpretation.

Reviews antidepressant classes, selection, and common psychopharmacology decisions.

Reviews recognition and management principles for bipolar disorder.

Reviews evidence-based medications for alcohol use disorder.

Reviews assessment and inpatient management of alcohol withdrawal.

Reviews acute-pain treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.

Reviews generalized anxiety disorder assessment, psychotherapy, lifestyle measures, and pharmacotherapy. A broad clinical and treatment discussion complementing the existing antidepressant and bipolar selections.

Builds a practical internal-medicine approach to describing and evaluating rashes.

Mackenzie Wehner discusses keratinocyte carcinoma, including basal-cell and cutaneous squamous-cell cancers. Adds skin-cancer management breadth alongside the existing rash review.

Reviews evidence-based menopause care and common treatment decisions.

Holly Wong Cummings reviews abnormal uterine bleeding, the differential, investigation, and treatment approaches. A 2023 foundation; assess pregnancy and endometrial risk and use current guidance for management.

Jenna Wygant reviews hormonal and nonhormonal contraceptive options, efficacy, risks, benefits, and emergency contraception. A concise overview; use current CDC eligibility guidance for patient-specific decisions.

Reviews the evaluation and management of dementia and cognitive impairment.

Reviews fall evaluation, risk factors, and prevention in older adults.

Esther Oh reviews hospital delirium recognition, prevention, and management. A broad 2023 foundation emphasizing causes and supportive care; medication decisions require attention to setting, risks, and newer guidance.

Reviews recognition and immediate management of anaphylaxis.

Olajumoke Fadugba discusses allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, testing, nasal therapies, and immunotherapy. Also relevant to ENT; adds outpatient allergy breadth beyond anaphylaxis.

Reviews effectiveness, safety, and communication around influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 vaccination.

A case-based ethics discussion of patient privacy and confidentiality at the bedside. Adds dedicated ethics content; legal and reporting examples require local and jurisdiction-specific context.

Explores diagnostic errors, reasoning, and diagnostic excellence. Adds patient-safety material beyond prevention; does not substitute for quantitative epidemiology, biostatistics, or all quality improvement.

Melissa Weimer reviews pain assessment, multimodal analgesia, patient-controlled analgesia, and safer opioid initiation, tapering, and discharge. A general hospital-pain foundation that complements the separate OUD-specific pain episode; recorded in 2021.

Nancy Newman discusses the clinical approach to vision loss, including localization and evaluation. A concise eye foundation with neurologic overlap; red eye and broader glaucoma care remain separate topics.

David Hale reviews dizziness using timing and triggers, BPPV, and vestibular syndromes. Also relevant to neurology; original November 2025 discussion rather than its 2026 reboot.