Last Week in Medicine

Stephen Jenkins, MD, Austin Rupp, MD•www.buzzsprout.com

Wouldn't it be nice if someone reviewed all the latest internal medicine literature and distilled it into a brief podcast you could listen to on your way to work? Get updates from the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Network, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Lancet and more.

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The Apple Heart Study, Colchicine after MI

Lots of cardiology to discuss this week with the Apple Heart and COLCOT studies, both published in the New England Journal of Medicine. We also talk about the 3 Wishes Project, the net clinical benefit of oral anticoagulation with aging over 75, the benefits of non-pharmaceutical treatment of agitation, and getting blood cultures before you give antibiotics. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licen...

Nov 19, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Intensifying Blood Pressure Therapy in the Hospital, Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, DRIP score in Pneumonia

Should we add blood pressure medications or increase the dose while patients are in the hospital? What are the risk factors and outcomes for people who receive antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria? And how does the DRIP score stack up against previous tools for identifying patients at high risk for drug resistant pneumonia? Music from https://filmmusic.io "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Music from Uppbeat...

Nov 12, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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