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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).

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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).

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, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast, discuss two recent papers exploring the role tenecteplase between 4.5 and 24 hours in ischemic stroke and comparing fidaxomicin with vancomycin in treating C. difficile when patients are receiving concurrent antibiotics. Two papers, here we go!

1. Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 to 24 Hours with Perfusion-Imaging Selection (0:00 – 15:20).
2. Comparing Fidaxomicin with Oral Vancomycin for the Treatment of C. difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Concomitant Antibiotics for Concurrent Infections (15:20 – 28:58).

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week we are going back to our Rapid Fire Format to review two papers looking at new data on treatment options for patients with COVID-19. Is Remdesivir effective in the treatment of COVID-19? https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764 Is Lopinavir-ritonavir effective in the treatment of COVID-19? https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001282   And for The Good Stuff…. ...

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week we interview Dr. Donald Arnold, a McMaster University professor and hematologist who is leading the CONCOR-1 trial. The CONvalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Research Trial (CONCOR-1), is a North American clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 convalescent plasma as a therapy for patients with COVID-19 respiratory illness. It involves collecting plasma containing neutralizing antibodies from individuals who ...

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week we interviewed Dr. Michelle Sholzberg to discuss coagulopathy associated with COVID-19. Dr. Sholzberg is a clinical hematologist with a focus on bleeding and is the Medical Director of the Coagulation Laboratory at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is also the Co-Director of the Hematology-Oncology Clinical ...

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Welcome back Rounds Table listeners! This week we interview Dr. Robbie Goldstein to find out how Mass General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has prepared, and adapted, to a massive influx of patients with COVID-19. Dr. Goldstein is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Infectious Disease physician at MGH. He is also ...

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This episode we discuss two recently published papers related to COVID-19. 1.       What is the incidence and significance of cardiac injury in patients with COVID-19 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2763524 2.      The clinical course and risk factors for mortality in a multi-centre cohort of inpatients with COVID-19 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext And for the good stuff: 1.       Calgary distillers and ...

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This episode, we’re focusing on 2 papers recently released related to COVID-19. 1.       Our first paper provides an overview of the clinical characteristics of a sample of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 2.       The second paper provides timely data to identify factors associated with ARDS among adults diagnosed with COVID-19. ...

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Welcome back for another episode of The Rounds Table! This episode Mike and John review 4 papers related to the latest and greatest in cardiovascular medicine. Check it out here: What is the efficacy and safety for using colchicine in myocardial infarction? (00:00 – 04:15) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1912388 Do lower LDL targets improve outcomes for TIA or stroke? (04:15 ...

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