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Welcome to 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 there recording live! 

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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 new Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring the novel management of two rare diseases - ATTR Amyloidosis and Hereditary Angioedema. Two papers, here we go!

1. Patisiran Treatment in Patients with Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis (0:00 – 14:15).
2. Efficacy and Safety of Donidalorsen for Hereditary Angioedema (14:15 – 25:14).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Medicine Pods! (25:14 – 26:23).

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We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Dirk von Lewinski, an Interventional Cardiologist, Intensivist, and Scientist from the Medical University of Graz, to chat about his practicing changing trial!

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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 exploring the role of acupressure in pain management for knee osteroarthritis and the utility of AI-enabled electrocardiography. Two papers, here we go!

1. Self-Administered Acupressure for Probable Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged and Older Adults (0:00 – 09:02).
2. AI-enabled electrocardiography alert intervention and all-cause mortality: a pragmatic randomized clinical trial (09:02 – 23:16).

And for the Good Stuff:

• 100-year-old veteran parachutes out of a plane, raising over $100K for SickKids hospital (23:16 – 23:50).
• One-Pagers for the Wards (23:50 – 25:15).

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

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. John Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss two recent papers exploring the role of semaglutide in CKD in patients with Type II Diabetes and the utility of tirzepatide in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis with liver fibrosis. Two papers, here we go!

1. Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (0:00 – 09:32).
2. Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis (09:32 – 17:06).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Congratulations to everyone starting/progressing through residency/finishing their training! (17:06 – 17:43).
• Calgary officials aiming for 'low end' of repair timeline after pipes arrive from San Diego (17:43 – 19:06).

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

In this throwback episode, Drs. John Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss early versus late anticoagulation after stroke with atrial fibrillation and dual antiplatelet therapy versus alteplase in minor ischemic stroke.

1. Early versus Later Anticoagulation for Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation (0:00 – 8:48).
2. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy vs Alteplase for PatientsWith Minor Nondisabling Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ARAMIS Randomized Clinical Trial (8:48 – 16:20).

And for the Good Stuff:

• Taylor Swift makes history with more No. 1 albums than any female artist (16:20 – 17:03).
• ‘I finally did it’: Ottawa’s Michael Woods wins 9th stage of Tour de France (17:03 – 18:00).

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

In this throwback episode, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss the use of semaglutide in patients with obesity without diabetes and changes in renal function after starting dapagliflozin in patients with heart failure. Check it out below!

1. Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate After Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the DELIVER Randomized Clinical Trial (0:00 – 09:40).
2. Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes (09:40 – 19:24).

And for the Good Stuff:

• How Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs Are Reshaping Denmark’s Economy (19:24 – 19:58).
• How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic (19:58 – 23:36).

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

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

This week, he will discuss a recent paper exploring the efficacy of tirzepatide in treating obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. Here we go!

1. Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity

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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 a modification of the Valsalva manoeuvre for the treatment of supraventricular tachycardias. Here we go!

1. Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT) (0:00 – 7:00).

And for the Good Stuff:

•  Live Transcribe (7:00 – 8:16).

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