Category: Patient Care
PodMed – Week of September 4, 2017
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This week’s topics include the right medications for a subset of people with heart disease, the PURE study, inflammation and heart disease, and the impact of neighborhoods on cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:47 PURE study 1:47 Fats and animal protein …
PodMed – Week of August 28, 2017
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This week’s topics include advance directive impact, approval of high risk medical devices by FDA, maintenance of certification for physicians, and cardiovascular disease impact of a new agent for type 2 diabetes. Program notes: 0:37 Positive impact of advance directives …
PodMed – Week of August 21, 2017
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This week’s topics include outcomes for payment, on- or off-pump CABG, cannabis for pain or PTSD, and the cognitive impact of a PCSK-9 inhibitor. Program notes: 0:41 Cannabis and pain or PTSD 1:41 May alleviate neuropathic pain in some 2:44 …
PodMed – Week of July 24, 2017
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This week’s topics include early adulthood weight gain and outcomes, the dangers of artificial sweeteners, an opioid reduction strategy, and consequences of reduced readmissions. Program notes: 0:33 Artificial sweeteners 1:33 Really not effective at reducing BMI 2:32 Best to avoid …
July 21, 2017 – Working Together
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Anchor lead: How can more appropriate antibiotic use be implemented? Elizabeth Tracey reports One in five hospitalized adults who received antibiotics experienced an adverse event related to their use, a recent study of nearly 1500 inpatients by Pranita Tamma, an …
July 20, 2017 – Antibiotic Risk
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Anchor lead: About one in five people who take an antibiotic may have an adverse event, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people who are hospitalized receive antibiotics, but a new study by Pranita Tamma, an antibiotics use expert at Johns Hopkins, …