The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

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In this episode, we review the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, work-up and management of a patient presenting with Takatsubo (or stress-induced) Cardiomyopathy. Our medicine minute discusses the JAMA discusses the higher incidence of stress cardiomyopathy noted during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Written by: Dr. Mehras Motamed (Internal Medicine resident)
Reviewed y: Dr. Dennis Ko (Interventional Cardiologist) and Dr. David Juurlink (General Internist, Clinical Pharmacologist)  

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Ever wonder what to do with that finding of an unexpected nodule on chest xray? Here we walk you through the approach including risk stratification, follow-up, and work-up. 
Written by: Dr. Brandon Luu (Internal Medicine Resident) 
Reviewed by: Dr. Lee Fidler (Respirologist) and Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos (Internist & Intensivist)  

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In this episode, we review the physiology and pathophysiology, etiology, clinical exam, investigations and treatment in patients with splenomegaly. Our medicine minute addresses the COMFORT II trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2012. 

Written by: Drs. Owen Luo and Jia Li (Lily) Liu (Internal medicine residents)
Reviewed by: Dr. Gizelle Popradi (hematologist) and Dr. Samuel Mamane (general internist) 

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HFpEF is the lesser talked about, but still equally important type of CHF! We discuss the evidence and give you a run-down on everything you need to know about HFpEF. Written by Dr. Aishwarya Roshan, Internal Medicine resident, and reviewed by Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan, Cardiology and CICU, and Dr. Alison Lai, Internal Medicine. Infographic by Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert, Internal Medicine Resident. 

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Written by: Dr. Sarah Hammond (Internal Medicine Resident) 
Reviewed by: Dr. Marko Skrtic (Nephrology) and Dr. Zijing Wu (General Internal Medicine  

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This week we bring you a two-in-one! We cover polycythemia vera and essential thrombocytosis. 

Written by: Dr. RuiQi (Richard) Chen (Internal Medicine Resident) 
Reviewed by: Dr. Hassan Sibai (Hematology) and Dr. Christopher Langlois (GIM)

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In this episode, we review the epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, investigation and management of hepatitis B. Our medicine minute reviews the current CDC guidelines and recommendations for screening in the general population.

Written by: Drs. Amine Zoughlami and Ikram Abow-Mohamed
Reviewed by: Dr. Phillip wong (Hepatologist) and Dr. Sanabelle Zaabat (General Internist)

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In this weeks episode you'll learn about two often confused syndromes that cause elevated body temperature! Episode written by Dr. Thomas Kiebalo (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Peter Wu (Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Gillian Spiegle (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Dr. Shannon Gui (Internal Medicine Resident). 

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You may know what to do with hyperglyecmia- but do you know what to do when the glucose goes low? Learn how to treat this dangerous (and less taught) condition in this weeks episode! 

This episode was written by Isabel Shamsudeen (Internal Medicine Resident), and reviewed by Dr. Tayyab Khan (Endocrinology) and Dr. Saira Zafar (General Internal Medicine). 

Episode produced by Dr. Margaret Sun (Internal Medicine Resident). Infographic by Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert (Internal Medicine Resident). 

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In this episode, we review the clinical presentation, classification, investigations, treatment and prognosis of patients with small cell lung cancer. Our medicine minute discusses the CASPIAN trial. 

Written by: Dr. Craig Rodrigues (Internal Medicine Resident)
Reviewed by: Dr. Susanna Cheng (Medical Oncologist) and Dr. Ignazio La Delfa (Internist)

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