Episode 6
10 minutesSudoku seizures
A patient with an acute subdural hematoma presents with no sign of head trauma. The search for an answer almost overlooks an obvious question.
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Season 01
DDx is medical shorthand for differential diagnosis, and this is a medical podcast about how doctors think and learn on the job. In the first season of medical DDx, physicians share some of their most memorable cases and the lessons they taught them.
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Episode 5
12 minutesThe source of the bleed
A patient with an acute subdural hematoma presents with no sign of head trauma. The search for an answer almost overlooks an obvious question.
Episode 4
13 minutesThe near-miss
A patient says she feels fine. A quick-thinking doctor arrives at a dire and uncommon diagnosis. Then it happens again. And again.
Episode 3
11:58 minutesExtreme reactions to marijuana
Chronic vomiting, a flushed complexion, and acute agitation: can cannabis be the cause? A growing consensus among doctors suggests cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is real and on the rise.
Episode 2
10:48 minutesAnchoring bias and the frequent flyer
A 19-year-old with sickle cell disease is well-known to emergency medicine physicians as a “frequent flyer”. Every time they see her it’s due to chronic pain related to her disease. Except for the one time it isn’t.
Episode 1
10:08 minutesYoung, fit, and female? Higher chance of misdiagnosis.
In this episode of DDx, emergency medicine physician Dr. Amy Ho explains how she changed her mind about a patient she’ll never forget.