#75 Recap, highlights, and clinical pearls extravaganza for The Curbsiders 2017

Join us for this recap of the key clinical pearls and favorite fan voted episodes from 2017 including: lipids, asthma, diuretics, hyponatremia, CKD, vertigo, and dizziness. Plus, Picks of the Year, exciting announcements for 2018, and Paul reveals that he has a wife! Matt, and Paul are joined by Curbsiders Correspondent, Dr. Chris Chiu, who wrote and produced this episode. Stuart was out with the Man Flu. My apologies to Dr. Bryan Brown whose name I forgot to shout-out when listing our Correspondents. Thanks to Kate Grant for her beautiful cover image. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at [email protected]. Time Stamps  00:00 Intro 01:18 Getting to know Chris Chiu introduction 03:07 Picks of the week and 06:10 Picks of the year and discussion of vancomycin and pip-tazo causing AKI 11:41 Recap of Scott Weingart and EM vs IM episode 17:45 Discussion of Lipids, PCSK9, CAC, CCTA 27:10 Asthma pearls recapped 32:43 Dizziness and vertigo recapped 38:40 Diuretics, diuretic resistance, and secondary hypertension diagnosis and treatment 44:35 Diuretic dosing 46:25 Hyponatremia, volume status, solute loads and SIADH 50:08 CKD, when to refer, and an argument about low protein diets 54:25 Matt, Paul, and Chris reflect on important lessons learned from 2017 59:32 Listener questions and comments 63:35 Wrap-up, and shout outs 66:22 Announcements for 2018 67:25 Outro Tags: hyponatremia, salt, kidney, ckd, asthma, vancomycin, zosyn, injury, weingart, emcrit, emergency, lipids, pcsk9, statin, dizziness, vertigo, assistant, care, education, doctor, family, foam, foamed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, nurse, meded, medical, medicine, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student