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Healthcare Musings

Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP

This is the official podcast of Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, a NY Times-featured Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with decades of experience in the field of Medicine and Critical Care. Healthcare Musings discusses important issues in Critical Care, Healthcare, and Medicine, and Dr. Hassaballa also interviews Great Minds in Medicine.

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All Episodes

13:07

What If An Unresponsive Patient Is Actually "In There"?

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/20

Recent research shows that a substantial minority of patients have cognitive motor dissociation. This has many important implications for our practice of critical care medicine. NEJM Study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645 NY Times Column: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html

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09:10

Journal Club: Is Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia...

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/13

Dr. Hassaballa discusses this recent review article and meta-analysis of the correction rate of hyponatremia and clinical outcomes.

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10:44

Journal Club: Small-bore vs Large-bore Chest Tube for...

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/06

In this episode of Journal Club, Dr. Hassaballa discusses the recent study comparing small-bore to large-bore chest tubes for hemothorax drainage.

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03:27

Happy Birthday, Booboo.

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/30

Daddy misses you so much.

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05:42

Faith in the ICU: Doctors Should Not Shy Away

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/23

In a new series on Healthcare Musings, Dr. Hassaballa discusses faith in the ICU and how Doctors should not shy away from faith. It can be an added asset in the right circumstance.

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10:48

Journal Club: Long Term Oxygen Therapy

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/16

A recent study showed that you don’t need oxygen all day, every day. That’s welcome news for patients needing chronic oxygen.

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31:04

Social Media For Doctors: A Conversation with Austan...

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/09

Marketing is literally in Austan Lundeen’s blood. So, I sat down with him to get tips on how to best use social media as a clinician.

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11:10

Why We Vaccinate Against Measles

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/02

This highly contagious virus can absolutely kill children.

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09:09

Journal Club: IV vs. IO in Cardiac Arrest

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/11/25

A study showed no difference between IV and IO access in cardiac arrest. Yet, I have some questions. Study link: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2407616

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28:28

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Vivek Tirmal

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/11/18

Insurance companies will use obscure “Coding Clinics” articles to deny various DRGs. I asked appeal expert Dr. Vivek Tirmal of Sound Advisory Services all about this.

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05:49

Beware the Potential Dangers of Cannabis

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/11/11

As cannabis use becomes more widespread, and more potent, clinicians need to be aware of its potential harms. NY Times article cited in show: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/cannabis-marijuana-risks-addiction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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05:10

Go Out And Vote

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/11/04

If we clinicians are not at the table, then we will be on the menu.

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06:38

“Reducing Waste” in Healthcare

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/10/28

If we provide care consistent with our patients’ values and preferences, we are good stewards of scarce resources and provide compassionate effective care. Sign up below to get every episode in your email: http://eepurl.com/i1xuH2

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37:27

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Greg Johnson

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/10/21

In this next podcast in the “Great Minds in Medicine” series, I sit down with Dr. Greg Johnson, Chief Physician Executive at Unity Point Health. We discuss the state of healthcare and healthcare equity. Unequal Treatment (2003): https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care Ending Unequal Treatment (2024):

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03:44

How Patients and Their Families Can Prevent Clinician...

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/10/15

It is very small and goes a very long way… Sign up here to get every episode of Healthcare Musings in your inbox.

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09:53

Journal Club: Replacing Serum Potassium

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/10/07

In this latest Journal Club episode, Dr. Hassaballa discusses an article about potassium replacement after cardiac surgery. Could this be the beginning of a more sensible potassium replacement protocol? Study link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823246

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07:09

Know Your Sepsis

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/09/30

As we conclude Sepsis Awareness Month, Dr. Hassaballa discusses how the definition of sepsis changes depending on which insurance company the patient uses.

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09:58

PLEASE Don’t Do THIS To Prevent Food Poisoning!

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/09/23

Some say drinking alcohol may prevent food poisoning. Umm…not really.

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02:33

Raising Awareness of Physician Suicide

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/09/17

September 17 is Physician Suicide Awareness Day. I’ve seen the face of physician suicide, and it is devastating.

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41:10

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Rob Bessler

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/09/16

Dr. Rob Bessler, CEO of Honest Health and Founder of Sound Physicians, talks with Dr. Hassaballa about where healthcare in America needs to go.

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