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Episode 12 - Torsades and Magnesium

Episode 12 - Torsades and Magnesium

FromThe Curious Clinicians


Episode 12 - Torsades and Magnesium

FromThe Curious Clinicians

ratings:
Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Curious Clinicians are back at it, exploring why magnesium so effectively treats the arrythmia torsades de pointes. Hint: it's the same mechanism as magnesium's effects on bronchospasm in severe asthma and seizures in eclampsia! As always, you can get CE/MOC credits just for listening! To learn more, check out the show notes for this episode on our website. You can also read Avi's original tweetorial on torsades and magnesium here. 
Released:
Oct 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Curious Clinicians is a medical podcast that asks "why?". Why do diseases present in certain ways? What are the mechanisms of treatments we use? Why does the human body function as it does? Join us to explore these questions and many more.