Episode 38 – IV Iron and SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring heart failure – specifically, if intravenous iron or the initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospital for patients with heart failure improves clinical

Episode 37 – Bloody Clots

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring clotting – specifically, which diagnostic strategies best assess risk for pulmonary embolism and what the risk of VTE is in patients not

Episode 36 – Making Hospitals Safer

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring hospital safety – specifically, which opioid is best to use after fractures requiring orthopedic surgery and how we can minimize sleep interruption

Episode 35 – Preventative Health: Smoking Cessation and Olive Oil

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Dr. John Fralick and guest Dr. Justin Boyle, Rounds Table Podcast Manager and Internal Medicine Resident, do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring if smoking cessation can be promoted through a mobile app and

Episode 34 – 5 need-to-know studies from over the past year with Drs. Amol Verma and Kieran Quinn

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Former hosts, Drs. Amol Verma and Kieran Quinn, return to chat about five important research studies published over the past year: EMPEROR-Preserved Trial (2:28 – 12:20) Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care

Episode 33 – Dr. Chana Sacks on NEJM Evidence, a new digital journal

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Michael Fralick sits down with Dr. Chana Sacks, a General Internist from Massachusetts General Hospital, to chat about her role as Executive Editor of NEJM Evidence, a new digital journal dedicated to showcasing innovative research and bold ideas in

Episode 32 – Agitation in Dementia and Antiplatelet Therapy after Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring pharmacotherapy-based interventions for agitation experienced by individuals with dementia and when to start/restart antiplatelet therapy after stroke caused by intracerebral hemorrhage. Two papers, here

Episode 31 – Tirzepatide and Bariatric Surgery on Cardiovascular Health

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring the cardiovascular benefits of a novel diabetes medication and bariatric surgery. Two papers, here we go! Association of Bariatric Surgery With Major Adverse Liver

Episode 30 – SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists in Diabetes

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring the cardiovascular and renal benefits of two medications used in the management of diabetes. Two papers, here we go!  Effect of dapagliflozin on ventricular

Episode 29 – Proning and heparin for COVID-19

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring different strategies in managing COVID-19. Two papers, here we go! Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a randomized, controlled, multinational, open-label

In Case You Missed It: Episode 27 – Rapid Fire Cardiovascular Disease!

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire format! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring cardiovascular disease risk. 2 papers…here we go! Should a lower systolic blood pressure be targeted in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease? (0:00 –

Episode 28 – Asthma and Urinary Tract Infections

Welcome back Rounds Table listeners, This week we review two papers recently published in JAMA: Does adding a long-acting muscarinic antagonist to inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists improve outcomes among individuals with moderate to severe persistent asthma? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780374 Is 7 days vs 14 days non-inferior to treat urinary tract infections in afebrile men? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782300   And

Episode 27 – Rapid Fire Cardiovascular Disease!

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire format! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers exploring cardiovascular disease risk. 2 papers…here we go! Should a lower systolic blood pressure be targeted in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease? (0:00 –

Episode 26 – Rapid Fire Metabolic Syndrome!

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire format! This week, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session to discuss two recent papers involving GLP1 agonists; looking to see if they are beneficial in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and in weight loss. 2 papers…here we go! Does semaglutide help patients with

Episode 25 – Women’s Heme Health

Welcome back Rounds Table listeners! This week we have a very special episode on Women’s Heme Health. We are joined by some very special guests this week, including – Dr. Jennifer Teichman, Dr. Heather VanderMeulen, Dr. Ying Ling, Dr. Jameel Abdulrehman, Dr. Sumedha Arya, Dr. Gillian Hawker and Dr. Michelle Sholzberg. Dr. Jennifer Teichman: How frequently

Episode 24 – Rapid Fire ID!

Welcome back Rounds Table listeners! This week John is joined by a special guest, Dr. Jason Zou – an Internal Medicine resident from the University of Calgary to do a rapid fire episode on 4 ID papers, all non-COVID related. Check it out below: Is CRP helpful in guiding duration of antibiotics for uncomplicated gram

Episode 23 – Rapid Fire!

Welcome back Rounds Table listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire format! Four papers … here we go! What is the optimal anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and a bioprosthetic mitral valve? (0:30 – 7:10) The development and validation of a penicillin allergy clinical decision tool (7:10 – 13:20) What is

Episode 22 – Rapid Fire with Dr. Hughes and Dr. Quinn

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Dr. Emily Hughes and Dr. Kieran Quinn are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire format! 4 papers…here we go! 1. Does the use of a remote monitoring system lower the risk of dying within 30 days in patients at high risk of clinical deterioration? (0:40 – 7:40) 2. Does