Pneumonia

Send us Fan Mail Ninja Nerds! In this episode of the Ninja Nerd Podcast, Zach and Rob break down pneumonia as a high-yield clinical algorithm rather than an antibiotic guessing game, focusing on how pneumonia is actually tested and managed on exams, wards, and in the ICU. They begin with the most critical first step: assessing stability. The episode emphasizes recognizing hypoxemia, respiratory distress, hemodynamic instability, organ dysfunction, and sepsis physiology, and explains how stabi...