#151 Anaphylaxis with Dr Olajumoke Fadugba MD

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Recognize common presentations of anaphylaxis and stop under-treating this deadly allergic reaction with tips from Dr. Olajumoke Fadugba, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania! We review the basic pathophysiology and the standard criteria for diagnosing anaphylaxis, treatment basics, the primary importance of epinephrine, and the utility of adjunctive therapies. Also included are great tips on counseling patients about auto-injectable epinephrine, and a reminder not to panic...even when you inject your own thumb?! ACP members can claim CME-MOC credit at https://acponline.org/curbsiders (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).

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Credits

Writer (interview, show notes & CME questions) and cover art: Emi Okamoto MD
Infographic by: Emi Okamoto MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Stuart Brigham MD
Editors: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Guest: Olajumoke Fadugba MD
Special thanks to Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH for booking!

Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode of the Curbsiders is available for CME and mock credit through our partnership with the American College of Physicians.
0:08.0	ACP members can go to acponline.org forward slash curbsiders and claim their free CME and mock credit.
0:17.0	Thank you and enjoy the show.
0:31.0	Welcome back to the Curbsiders.
0:57.0	Hello Matthew.
0:58.0	Hi Stewart. This is weird. I'm in the same room as you recording again, which hasn't happened for quite a while.
1:03.0	Yeah, I'm a little shy.
1:06.0	And with us we have a new producer, Emmy Okamoto.
1:12.0	Hello Curbsiders.
1:14.0	Thank you Emmy for producing this episode.
1:17.0	Actually before Stewart berates the audience, why don't you tell them what this episode is going to be about?
1:23.0	Yeah, today we're discussing anaphylaxis. So don't be scared but be ready to treat with epinephrine.
1:30.0	We'll be going over the treatment, how to recognize and diagnose it, and also some other tips on lab tests you can order and how to counsel a patient about using epinephrine.
1:41.0	Yeah, it's insanely practical. But before we get to that, Stewart, why don't you tell the audience?
1:47.0	In case you didn't know since we went in a completely backwards way, this is the Curbsiders Interim Medicine Podcast where normally we have, and again today, we have expert guests who present clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge.
2:01.0	We present those to you, talk to them about a few life changing things and books and movies and events and things like that.
2:08.0	So it's pretty quick this time so you want to skip five minutes you can, but then Paul will hunt you down and slash your tires.
2:14.0	That's true. Our guest on today's episode in the midst of the ACP conference actually we just attended her talk that immediately afterwards bombarded her with an interview.
2:25.0	Our guest today is Dr. Ola Jamoke Fadoukba and she goes by Jumi for this episode.
2:34.0	She is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as well as the fellowship director for the allergy and immunology training program at the University of Pennsylvania.
2:45.0	And she did a wonderful job both giving her talk at ACP today and also on this episode just giving us a lot of very high yield usable stuff.
2:54.0	This is a topic that I've never felt comfortable with. So I'm really excited for you all to hear it.
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