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This Week: Baseline cardiovascular risk calculators and hypertension treatment, and dual antiplatelet treatment after coronary stenting This week, Fahad and Amol want you to understand that: 1. A cardiovascular risk calculator can predict the degree of treatment benefit that patients may derive  from blood pressure treatment. 2. There is limited evidence to recommend continuing dual antiplatelet therapy beyond ...

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Implementation of a Handoff Program in Pediatric Hospitals and Treating Depression in Cancer Patients Nathan and Amol want you to: 1.Recognize that a standardized handoff program reduced medical errors in academic pediatric hospitals. 2. Appreciate that a targeted program to treat depression in cancer patients was more effective than usual care. Continuing Medical Education Internists can ...

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Originally Aired September 10, 2014: Simvastatin in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Communicating With Patients About Risk Rebecca and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that simvastatin reduces the rate of whole brain atrophy in secondary progressive MS, which may be a promising new use for statins. 2. Understand that effective strategies to communicate risk include: Using ...

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This Week: Travis and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize IL-25 levels are good predictors of steroid-responsiveness in asthma. 2. Understand that the majority of patients who undergo elective percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina are misinformed about its benefits. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical Education credit for each podcast ...

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This Week: Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Appreciate the challenges in reducing unplanned readmissions to hospital and concerns about that metric as a quality indicator. 2. Recognize that malpractice reform in three US states did not reduce the intensity of physician practice or resource utilization, suggesting that “defensive medicine” may not be a large ...

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This Week: Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the basics of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical Education credit for each podcast they listen to through the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (MOC Category 1) and the American Medical Association (PRA Category 1). To receive CME credit for listening ...

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This Week: Vagal nerve blockade for weight loss; stopping inhaled steroids in COPD Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Learn about vagal nerve blockade as a potential new weight loss intervention 2. Understand that we may be able to safely taper and stop inhaled glucocorticoids in patients with stable severe COPD who are already on two inhaled bronchodilators. Continuing ...

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Originally aired April 30, 2014: Cardiovascular risk and testosterone supplementation, reducing time to treatment in acute ischemic stroke. Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that observational evidence suggests that testosterone supplementation is significantly associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. 2. Understand that a national quality improvement initiative was associated with reduced treatment times for stroke and improved ...

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This week: Blood Transfusions in Upper GI Bleeding, Aspirin in DVT prophylaxis, Vasopression and Steroids in Cardiac Arrest, MRSA Decolonization, Fluid and Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure Fahad and Amol want you to gain familiarity with a number of major new studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours ...

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This week: Fecal Transplantation & Probiotics for C. difficile; Prone Positioning in ARDS; Steroids in COPD; Hospital Management of Diabetes. Fahad and Amol want you to Gain familiarity with a number of major new studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. 1. Fecal transplantation is effective for recurrent C. difficile infection. 2. Probiotics are not effective in ...

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