Primary Care Update

While Mark is biking, Kate, Henry and Gary talk about a deprescribing intervention for older adults in the hospital, medications for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in adults with dementia, and harms associated with aggressive BP lowering in hospitalized older adults.

This week, Kate, Mark, Henry and Gary talk about whether amoxicillin really causes a rash in kids with mono, whether hearing aids improve cognition in the elderly, stem cell injections and knee OA, and nonpharmacologic approaches to preventing type 2 DM.

This week, join Mark, Kate, Henry and Gary as they discuss screening for social determinants of health, the updated Beers List of naughty medications, the value of opioids for acute back and neck pain, and testosterone and adverse events.

This week, Kate, Gary, Mark and Henry discuss treatments for osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, the effect of adding evolocumab to a statin - a reanalysis of the FOURIER trial, using mifepristone for painful adenomyosis, and real world data comparing 24-hour ambulatory BP with clinic readings.

This week, Kate, Gary, Henry and Mark discuss some fun throwbacks to 2003, the new first line medications for treating T2DM, whether you can take a diuretic at bedtime, and how to manage perioperative antihypertensive medications. And a quiz. Get CME credit at iafp.com just for listening, go to their education Web page.

This week, join Kate, Henry, Gary and Mark as they discuss point of care bilirubin tests for neonatal jaundice, guideline for evaluating children in close contact with abused children, early return to activity after concussion, and terminology preferences by patients being treated for substance use disorder.

This week, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss a new drug therapy for vasomotor symptoms of menopause, the accuracy of the M-CHAT tool for autism, and the value of steroids for severe community-acquired pneumonia. And Henry tells a joke about hot air balloons. And the quiz.

This week, while Gary tries to learn French in of all places France, Kate, Mark and Henry discuss management of non-STEMI in frail older adults, identifying children with secondary hypertension, and RSV vaccination in pregnant women

This week Kate, Gary, Henry and Mark talk about bempedoic acid for the prevention of ASCVD, the polypill and cognitive decline in the elderly, post-exposure prophylaxis in persons at high risk of STIs, asymptomatic CAD and subsequent AMI risk. And do you know how long ankle arthroplasties last?