Elevate your urgent care practice with the Evidence-Based Urgentology podcast! Join hosts Tracey Davidoff, MD and Joe Toscano, MD, for engaging discussions on clinically relevant topics, centered on our peer-reviewed urgent care content. Each episode offers practical advice and expert insights from experienced urgent care clinicians, helping you stay up-to-date and equipped for every patient encounter.
In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, and Melissa Thomas, PA, discuss the August 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Management of the Patient With Prior Bariatric Surgery
- 0:27 – Introduction
- 2:16 – Introducing topic and guest: Melissa Thomas, PA
- 2:47 – Why bariatric history is often missed
- 3:58 – Why urgent care is the first stop for post-bariatric complications
- 5:28 – Vital sign abnormalities
- 7:39 – Physical exam limitations
- 10:11 – Distinguishing gastroenteritis from surgical complications
- 12:31 – Recognizing leaks
- 13:45 – Internal hernias
- 15:24 – NSAIDs and steroids
- 19:34 – When to refer immediately to the ED
- 20:57 – Value of calling the patient’s surgeon directly
- 23:03 – Medical tourism and follow-up care challenges
- 25:59 – Personal case stories and clinical experience
- 26:47 – Key takeaways
- 28:39 – Return precautions and closing advice
- 29:19 – Wrap-up’s
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In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, and Melissa Thomas, PA, discuss the August 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Management of the Patient With Prior Bariatric Surgery
- 0:27 – Introduction
- 2:16 – Introducing topic and guest: Melissa Thomas, PA
- 2:47 – Why bariatric history is often missed
- 3:58 – Why urgent care is the first stop for post-bariatric complications
- 5:28 – Vital sign abnormalities
- 7:39 – Physical exam limitations
- 10:11 – Distinguishing gastroenteritis from surgical complications
- 12:31 – Recognizing leaks
- 13:45 – Internal hernias
- 15:24 – NSAIDs and steroids
- 19:34 – When to refer immediately to the ED
- 20:57 – Value of calling the patient’s surgeon directly
- 23:03 – Medical tourism and follow-up care challenges
- 25:59 – Personal case stories and clinical experience
- 26:47 – Key takeaways
- 28:39 – Return precautions and closing advice
- 29:19 – Wrap-up’s
👉 Subscribers, take the CME test here.
✅️ Not a subscriber? Join here!
Tracey Davidoff, MD, FACP, FCUCM, has practiced Urgent Care Medicine for more than 15 years. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Davidoff is a member of the Board of Directors of the Urgent Care Association and serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the College of Urgent Care Medicine’s “Urgent Caring” publication. She is also the Vice President of the Southeast Regional Urgent Care Association and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. At EB Medicine, Dr Davidoff is Editor-In-Chief of Evidence-Based Urgent Care, and co-host of the Urgentology podcast.
