BrainWaves #79 Teaching through clinical cases: Hot & Hyper

MedLink Neurology Podcast is delighted to feature selected episodes from BrainWaves, courtesy of James E Siegler MD, its originator and host. BrainWaves is an academic audio podcast whose mission is to educate medical providers through clinical cases and topical reviews in neurology, medicine, and the humanities, and episodes originally aired from 2016 to 2021.

Originally released: October 5, 2017

Dr. David Coughlin returns for this week's Teaching Through Clinical Cases to discuss the management of a delirious patient with a hyperkinetic movement disorder.

Produced by James E Siegler. Music by Hyson, Josh Woodward, Komiku, and Peter Rudenko. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision-making.

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