FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast

Latest Episodes:

COVIDcast: Special Populations (Homeless / Racial Disparities / Healthcare workers) Apr 17, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss special populations including

Homeless individuals - Baggett et al
Racial disparities - African-Americans / Blacks disproportionately contracting SARS-CoV-2 and dying Yancy CW
Healthcare workers with COVID-19 Heinzerling et al (CDC) and MMWR and Ng et al

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.17.20

COVIDcast: Testing issues + Hydroxychloroquine Update Apr 14, 2020

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In this episode, we discuss testing issues

Asymptomatic obstetric patients in NYC (Sutton et al. )
Effects of narrow screening criteria (Wee et al)

And hydroxychloroquine updates

More data without a comparator from the Raoult group (only published as abstract and table)
Retrospective study with propensity matching (Mahévas et al)

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.14.20

COVIDcast - Outcomes from New York Apr 13, 2020

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In this episode, we discuss outcomes from NYU

Petrilli et al [pre-print]

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Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.12.20

COVIDcast - Risk Stratification Apr 12, 2020

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In this episode, Dr. Rory Spiegel (@EMNerd_) and I discuss risk stratification tools in COVID-19

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Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.10.20

COVIDcast - Remdesivir Apr 10, 2020

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In this episode, we discuss the NEJM article by Grien et al on the compassionate use of remdesivir in COVID-19

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Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.10.20

COVIDcast: Is it ARDS? HAPE? Hemoglobinopathy? Apr 07, 2020

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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rory Spiegel (EMNerd) and discuss what we are seeing in COVID-19 and various theories.

Atypical ARDS picture
HAPE: Solaimanzadeh
Hemoglobinopathy-type of picture: Liu et al

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.5.20

COVIDcast: ROX index for predicting intubation Apr 06, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rory Spiegel (EMNerd) and discuss the ROX index predicting failure of HFNC and any applicability to COVID-19

Derivation: Roca O, Messika J, Caralt B, et al. Predicting success of high-flow nasal cannula in pneumonia patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure: The utility of the ROX index. J Crit Care. 2016;35:200-5.
Roca O, Caralt B, Messika J, et al. An Index Combining Respiratory Rate and Oxygenation to Predict Outcome of Nasal High-Flow Therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;199(11):1368-1376.

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.5.20

COVIDcast - High Flow Nasal Cannula paper Apr 04, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we discuss emerging evidence for high flow nasal cannula

Wang et al. Ann Intensive Care. 2020 10(37)

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.3.20

COVIDcast: COVID-19 and Hypercoagulability Apr 02, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we discuss the theory (there is no great evidence) of hypercoagulability in severe COVID-19

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.2.20

COVIDcast: Respiratory Severity Scale and ICU outcomes Apr 01, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we cover