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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!

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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)

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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)

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss two recent papers exploring the effect of sitting time reduction on blood pressure and the discontinuation of RAAS inhibition perioperatively. Two papers, here we go!

1. Sitting Time Reduction and Blood Pressure in Older Adults (0:00 – 11:35).
2. Discontinuation versus continuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibition before non-cardiac surgery: the SPACE trial (11:35 – 21:32).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Summer McIntosh becomes 1st Canadian to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympic Games (21:32 – 22:37).
• One-Pagers for the Wards by Dr. Mike Fralick! (22:37 – 24:13)

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with a special Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss top papers from the 2024 European of Society of Cardiology Congress. Here we go!

1. Edoxaban Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (0:00 – 9:25).
2. Beta-Blocker Interruption or Continuation after Myocardial Infarction (9:25 – 13:52).
3. Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (13:52 – 21:20).
4. Continuation vs. Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Non-Cardiac Surgery (21:20 – 28:51).

Of note, for prescribers in Ontario, there is now a limited use code for finerenone for patients that have both T2DM and CKD. 

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Take a listen to our live recording of The Canadian Conference of Internal Medicine Top papers of the year 2024 session!
 
We talk about recent studies involving alzheimer's dementia, community acquired pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, MASLD and long covid.

Host: Dr. Zahra Merali, Expert: Dr. Rajender Hanmiah.

Check out www.medicinepods.com for a live video recording. You can also see a link to each paper there. 

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Up to 30% of all healthcare offers no clinical value to patients. Reducing this care has the co-benefit of decreasing healthcare's carbon footprint.

In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Billy Silverstein @WKSilverstein (General Internist, University of Toronto) and Dr. Owen Luv @OwenLuo5 (Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University) to discuss 4 of the Choosing Wisely Canada’s climate-conscious recommendations (https://choosingwiselycanada.org/climate/).  They were integral in creating these recommendations, and have a wealth of practical tips about how we can implement them into our own practice! 

Infographic by Julia Simone (medical student). 

If you have not heard Part 1 - make sure to go back and listen to other Canada-wide experts in this area.

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Welcome to Part 3 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)!

In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you want to find out which papers made the final cut, make sure to join us at the 'Top Papers' session on October 17th, where we will be recording live! 

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There are everyday practices we can stop or reduce that don’t add value to patient care and harm the environment.

In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Mathilde Gaudreau @MathildeGSimard (General Internist, University of Ottawa), Dr. Nabha Shetty (General Internist, Dalhousie University) and Dr. Valeria Stoynova (General Internist, Island Health/UBC Island Medical Program) to discuss 4 of the Choosing Wisely Canada’s climate-conscious recommendations (https://choosingwiselycanada.org/climate/).  They were integral in creating these recommendations, and have a wealth of practical tips about how we can implement them into our own practice! 

Infographic by Julia Simone (medical student). 

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

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Welcome to Part 2 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)!

In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you want to find out which papers made the final cut, make sure to join us at the 'Top Papers' session on October 17th, where we will be recording live! 

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