Medscape Video Commentaries

 
 

Medscape Video Commentaries

  • The Role of Mild Induced Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest   Cardiac arrest -- learn how mild induced hypothermia benefits patients in this video commentary from Charles R. Wira, III, MD, Yale Department of Emergency Medicine.
  • Expanding the Time Frame for the Administration of Lytic Therapy in Ischemic Stroke   Charles R. Wira, III, MD, offers guidance in this video editorial on extending the treatment window for TPA from 3 to 4.5 hours after the onset of acute ischemic stroke.
  • Effective and Equitable Stroke Care   Despite the widespread availability of tPA, it is only given to a small percentage of patients who may benefit from treatment. Why?
  • What Happens When a Bad CVD Risk Factor Becomes Good?   Risk factors for many diseases that have been established in healthy populations paradoxically seem to be protective, hence the term "reverse epidemiology."
  • The Ongoing Challenge of Financing Medical Education Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, FACOG, Professor of Medical Sciences and Outgoing Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University, discusses the growing cost of medical education.
  • The Obesity Paradox George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine at St. Louis University in Missouri and Editor-in-Chief of Internal Medicine at eMedicine, discusses survival advantages of obese patients.