Hold your breath for this one! The Curious Clinicians answer a puzzling pulmonary physiology question: Why can systemic pulmonary vasodilators worsen hypoxemia in COPD-associated pulmonary hypertension? Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@TheCuriousCliniciansPodcast/featured">here</a>, and read the show notes <a href= "https://episode-88-shunting-a-mismatch">here!</a> <a href= "https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/course/search?p=4000&curriculum=Curious%20Clinicians"> Click here </a>to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.

89 - Tusks & Tumor Suppressors

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