Beyond the Pearls: Cases for Med School, Residency and Beyond

Today's Episode This is part 5 of 8 for Dr. Raj's lecture about Acute Kidney Injury. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. M...

Today's Episode This is part 4 of 8 for Dr. Raj's lecture about Acute Kidney Injury. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. M...

Today's Episode This is part 3 of 8 for Dr. Raj's lecture about Acute Kidney Injury. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. M...

Today's Episode This is part 2 of 8 for Dr. Raj's lecture about Acute Kidney Injury. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. M...

Today's Episode This is part 1 of 8 for Dr. Raj's lecture about Acute Kidney Injury. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. M...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 19 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 2-week-old female infant is seen for a follow-up visit. She was born at term after an uncom- plicated vaginal delivery. Over the past week, she has developed recurrent vomiting, diarrhea, and poor feeding. She has not been able to gain weight and appears less interactive. Her blood pres- sure is 70/40 mm Hg, pulse...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 18 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 4-year-old fully immunized male presents with 2 days of fever and irritability. His examination is normal. He is presumed to have a viral syndrome and discharged with reassurance and instruc- tions to bring him back if his fever continues or if any other symptoms of concern develop. Three days later, the patient i...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 16 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. An 11-year-old male presents with scattered petechiae and increased bruising over 3 weeks, first on his legs, then spreading to his abdomen and arms. He cannot recall any trauma preceding the bruising but does report fever, cough, rhinorrhea, and headache 6 weeks prior that resolved over several days. He had a decid...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 17 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 3-year-old white female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of cough, purulent sputum production, dyspnea, fever, and failure to thrive. Her symptoms have been steadily wors- ening during this time period. The parents state that they suspect she has pneumonia, because she has already had pneumonia thr...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 14 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A premature female neonate is born to a G1P0-1 mother at 24 weeks and 5 days gestation with a birth weight of 769g via spontaneous vaginal delivery after preterm onset of labor. The infant requires immediate endotracheal intubation as she is noted to be markedly pale and edematous. Oxygen saturation is in the 60%–70...

Today's Episode Alexis reviews Case 48 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 7-week-old term male infant is brought in by his mother to the emergency department (ED) for the second time, with the chief complaint of episodes of pauses in breathing dur- ing sleep. These episodes are associated with perioral cyanosis lasting about 15 to 20 seconds, which resolves with gentle stimulation, such as...

Today's Episode Alexis reviews Case 22 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 3-year-old Native American male, previously healthy, is brought to your office for worsening swelling of his feet, legs, and thighs. His mother reports an episode of upper respiratory tract infec- tion 2 weeks prior followed by progressive worsening of a lower extremity swelling. She also noticed abdominal distention...

Today's Episode Alexis reviews Case 47 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 20-month-old female is brought into the emergency department via ambulance. Her mother had called 911 after the child became unresponsive and exhibited convulsions of her arms and legs. The patient’s convulsions stopped after approximately 5 minutes and had ended prior to the arrival of the paramedics. She had develop...

Today's Episode Alexis reviews Case 2 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 9-year-old male presents complaining of progressive left jaw pain and swelling. He has been having intermittent epistaxis for 2 weeks, and 1 week ago he noticed left-sided jaw swelling. At that time, he was prescribed amoxicillin for a presumed infectious cause. He did not respond to the antibiotics, however, and devel...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 12 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 12-month-old female presents for a well-child care visit. The mother is concerned that the patient is a “picky eater.” She was exclusively breast-fed until she was 6 months old and then switched to formula with the introduction of solids. At 12 months of age, the mother began giv- ing her cow’s milk. The mother st...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 10 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. The obstetric service is monitoring a 33-year-old G9P2071 pregnant female with a history of a prior pregnancy ending in intrauterine fetal demise at 8 months of gestation. A prenatal ultrasound performed at 29 weeks of gestation shows worsening anemia, as evidenced by an elevated peak systolic velocity (PSV) through...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 7 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 13-month-old male presents with 10 days of fever, fussiness, and cough. The patient was seen multiple times by his primary care physician, but thus far no source of fever has been found. Today's Host Charlee Quarless is a 3rd year medical student at Ross University. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certifi...

Today's Episode Alexandra reviews chapter 15 from the Psychiatry Morning Report book. A 53-year-old female comes into the clinic reporting problems with sleep for the past 5 months. She tells you that she has been using over-the-counter sleep aids but has not found them helpful. Even though they help her fall asleep, she wakes up multiple times every night. She also feels groggy for several hours...

Today's Episode Alexandra reviews chapter 9 from the Psychiatry Morning Report book. A 25-year-old female presents to the outpatient psychiatry office for emetophobia (a fear of vomiting). She reports her symptoms have been going on for “as long as I can remember.” She describes that even thinking about vomiting will make her feel nauseated. She avoids food for days at a time to have an empty stom...

Today's Episode Alexandra reviews chapter 2 from the Psychiatry Morning Report book. A 34-year-old male with a history of hypertension and anxiety presents to the emergency department (ED) accompanied by his wife. He complains of abdominal pain from an injury to the right upper quadrant of his abdomen secondary to a pellet gunshot. He is tachycardic but otherwise hemodynamically stable. The ED phy...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 5 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A girl is born at 35 weeks and 3 days gestation to a 26-year-old mother. Minimal prenatal care was given prior to delivery. She is born under considerable distress and is apneic on delivery. The child is noted to be cyanotic, with pulse oximetry measuring oxygen saturation of 50%. Initial resuscitation efforts are fo...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 3 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 15-year-old female presents with pain, trismus, and neck stiffness for approximately 5 days. She is able to eat but has pain with chewing and swallowing. She also has right ear pain and a diffuse headache. She has otherwise not had any sore throat, cough, or hoarseness. Today's Host Charlee Quarless is a 3rd year m...

Today's Episode Charlee reviews chapter 1 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 20-month-old child presents with 8 weeks of right leg pain and limping. She otherwise has had no fever, bleeding, or other joint pain. Today's Host Charlee Quarless is a 3rd year medical student at Ross University. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the Universi...

Today's Episode This is the last part of Raj's 8 part hypersomnia series, originally recorded for American Physician Institute. This episode may reference supplemental material not provided here. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regula...

Today's Episode This is part seven of Raj's 8 part hypersomnia series, originally recorded for American Physician Institute. This episode may reference supplemental material not provided here. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular o...