Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - whether aspirin should be held in patients with stable coronary artery disease and drug-eluting stents and the role of semaglutide in patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Two papers, here we go!

1. Aspirin Monotherapy vs. No Antiplatelet Therapy in Stable Patients With Coronary Stents Undergoing Low-to-Intermediate Risk Noncardiac Surgery (0:00 – 10:15).
2. Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Persons with Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis (10:15 – 22:50).

And for the Good Stuff:

• "I'm making money from my terrible paintings" (22:50 – 23:25).
• Squid Game Season Two (23:25 – 24:43)

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and our Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring oxygenation in acute respiratory failure and the use of ablation versus anti-arrhythmic medication for ventricular tachycardia. Two papers, here we go!

1. High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure: The RENOVATE Randomized Clinical Trial (0:00 – 14:45).
2. Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia (14:45 – 22:55).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Medicine Pods! (22:55 – 23:51).
• Sign-up to our mailing list to receive link to attend the Royal College Epidemiology Crash Course hosted by Dr. Mike Fralick

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Dr. John Fralick sits down with Dr. Nicole Hawe, a first-year Internal Medicine resident at the University of British Columbia, to discuss her third place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.

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Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos sits down with Nick Sanchez (MD student) to discuss his second place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024. 

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick!

This week, he will discuss a paper exploring whether Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors should be held before major non-cardiac surgery. Here we go!

1. Continuation versus Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Non-Cardiac Surgery: The Stop-or-Not Randomized Clinical Trial (0:00 – 6:16).

And for the Good Stuff:

• "Tweetorials" by Tony Breu (6:16 – 7:11).

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Dr. Zahra Merali (Host) sits down with Dr. Shaima Kaka (Internal Medicine resident) to discuss her first place winning clinical vignette (oral case report) from the Canadian Conference of Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.

Resources: Diabetic Striatopathy: An Updated Overview

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. David-Dan Nguyen, a Urology Resident at the University of Toronto, to chat about his recent study, "Payments by Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers to US Peer Reviewers of Major Medical Journals", that has been recently published in JAMA.

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Happy Holidays Rounds Table Listeners! For our penultimate episode of 2024, we are back with a special treat! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick chat about the top five RCTs published over the past year:

1. Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (0:00 – 3:40).
2. Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity (3:40 – 9:00).
3. Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (9:00 – 13:55).
4. Tirzepatide for Metabolic-Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis (13:55 – 20:00).
5. Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (the Balance Trial) (20:00 – 23:30).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund, Calgary Food Bank, Epilepsy Canada (23:30 – 24:51).

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Kevin Venus, a General Internist at Toronto Western Hospital, to chat about perioperative medicine!

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Justin Boyle and Emily Hughes discuss two recent papers - the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure and the role of decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection. Two papers, here we go!

1. Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure (0:00 – 10:05).
2. Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalization (10:05 – 20:45).

And for the Good Stuff:

• What Do Trainees Want? The Rise of House Staff Unions (20:45 – 22:48).
• Initiation of opioid agonist therapy after hospital visits for opioid poisonings in Ontario (22:48 – 24:39)

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - the Balance Trial and the role of inhaled amikacin in preventing VAP. Two papers, here we go!

1. Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (0:00 – 8:24).
2. Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (the Balance Trial) (8:24 – 17:24).

And for the Good Stuff:

• The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal (17:24 – 18:30).
• www.powercalc.ca (18:30 – 20:06)

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods