Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast Episode 19 - Environmental: Mushrooms and Hypothermia

Episode 19 - Environmental: Mushrooms and Hypothermia

Published: Nov. 25, 2014, 11:57 a.m.

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This week we review the Tox Talk\\xa0podcast, Episode 23, Mushrooms. Key\\xa0pearls\\xa0

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Clitocybe, Inocybe\\xa0- contain muscarine which stimulates muscarinic receptors (acetylcholine/parasympathetic), causing a cholinergic toxidrome.\\xa0

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  • Memory aid: these mushrooms end in -yBE, akin to the "killer B\'s" that make cholinergic toxicity deadly - bradycardia, bronchorrhea, bronchospasm.
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Gyromitra\\xa0- (false morel)

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  • Memory aid: gyromitra named because they look like the gyri of the brain and, conveniently, make the brain seize through depletion of GABA.\\xa0
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Amanita phalloides\\xa0- the mushroom equivalent of\\xa0acetaminophen toxicity.

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Then, we delve into core content pearls on\\xa0accidental hypothermia\\xa0using Rosenalli (Rosen\'s Emergency Medicine and Tintinalli\'s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Review Guide). \\xa0

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As always, visit\\xa0foamcast.org\\xa0for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.

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Thanks y\'all!

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-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

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