Sick Enough
A pair of hospitalists - Internal Medicine physicians who specialize in hospital work - share their experiences and thoughts about what life is like when you spend all your time in hospitals. Disclaimer: Although we are doctors, we are not YOUR doctor. This podcast is designed for education and entertainment and it is not meant to be portrayed as official medical advice. Furthermore, we are not trained in pediatrics and are not qualified to comment on care for children. Questions? Thoughts? Want to be heard on the show? E-mail us, sickenoughpodcast@gmail.com For artwork, thanks to Swede Kustom Studios and Two Birds Artwork.For sound and editing, thanks to Alex our sound guy.
Episodes
33 episodes
Not a Hospital Problem
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.You might be surprised about some of the conditions that don't qualify a person to be hospitalized. In this epi...
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Episode 32
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26:53
C. difficile
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Ever wonder why antibiotics cause upset stomachs and diarrhea? We answer this question and more as we talk abou...
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Episode 31
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20:13
Know What Medications You Take!
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Today we're talking about Medication Reconciliations. This is the process doctors go through to get you started...
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Episode 30
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24:03
Diverticulitis
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Today we're talking about Diverticulitis. This is when diverticula (plural for diverticulum, a benign outpouchi...
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Episode 29
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20:33
Pancreatitis
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Today's episode is about inflammation of the pancreas, or pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is probably one of the mos...
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Episode 28
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20:51
Cirrhosis
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Today's episode is about liver cirrhosis. The liver can withstand a lot of damage, but after a certain point it...
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Episode 27
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23:06
What is a GI Bleed?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.This episode is all about bleeding in the GI tract, which doctors call (shocker) a GI Bleed. In this episode we...
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Episode 26
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34:07
The Gastrointestinal Tract
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Have you ever heard of the duodenum? What's the difference between the colon and large intestine? Ever wondered...
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Episode 25
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17:28
What should you pack for the hospital
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.If you had to call an ambulance right now, would you know what to take with you to the hospital? I personally t...
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Episode 24
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33:22
When Good New Is Bad News
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Tyler has noticed a baffling trend: when some patients hear that their tests have come back negative, they're n...
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Episode 23
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22:32
What are Nocturnists?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.There's a group of doctors who only work at night called "nocturnists." Its a foreboding name, but they're actu...
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Episode 22
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28:01
Non-compliance
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.If you've ever read your doctor's notes, you may have seen the term "noncompliance" or "non-adherence" written ...
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Episode 21
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21:20
Medication Allergies: are you really allergic to penicillin?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Are you allergic to penicillin? Tyler bets that you aren't! There are a number of misconceptions about medicati...
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Episode 20
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31:05
COVID Episode 2: What should I do?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.What should you do if you wake up feeling sick? How would you go about getting tested for COVID? Should you cal...
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Episode 19
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11:25
COVID Preparedness Kit (Bonus Episode)
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.If you came down with COVID today, you would need to quarantine and stay at home, but do you have everything yo...
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Episode 18
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13:51
COVID: symptoms, clinical course, and treatments
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Today's episode is about COVID. In this episode we discuss the COVID clinical syndrome. We talk about the typic...
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Episode 17
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44:39
Interstitial Lung Diseases
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.What happens when a pneumonia doesn't clear up with antibiotics? This episode is about a motley cluster of dise...
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Episode 16
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24:16
Lethal Blood Clots
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.This episode is about DVTs (deep vein clots), and PEs (pulmonary emboli- clots in the arteries of the lungs). T...
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Episode 15
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28:02
What is COPD?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease that we commonly encounter in the hospita...
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Episode 14
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29:05
Hospital Etiquette
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.Have you ever seen a rule posted at a store or pool and thought, "I'll bet there's a story behind that policy!"...
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Episode 13
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36:15
Psychiatry in the Hospital
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter. Today's episode is all about patients who have to come to the hospital for psychiatric problems. We talk about some of...
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Episode 12
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31:04
What is Observation Status?
Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.You would think that anyone being admitted to a hospital would be considered an inpatient, but that would be in...
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Episode 11
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32:20