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Anchor lead: When frailty is factored in, surgery outcomes are better, Elizabeth Tracey reports Frailty in an older person who needs surgery can be assessed and planned for by a multidisciplinary team, with a dramatic reduction in mortality, a recent …

December 23, 2016 – Frailty Help Read more »

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This week's topics include a biomarker for Parkinson’s disease, therapy for blood clots after casting or knee arthroscopy, avoiding sickle cell crises, and CABG versus stunting. Program notes: 0:34 A biomarker for Parkinson’s disease 1:31 Use as a seed to accumulate …

PodMed – Week of December 12, 2016 Read more »

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This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device …

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This week’s topics include an alternative to statins, which vessel to use for bypass, NSAID risk, and genes versus lifestyle with regard to cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:48 Heart risk of NSAIDs 1:45 About 2.5% experienced heart attack, stroke 2:42 …

PodMed – Week of November 21, 2016 Read more »

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This week’s topics include transfusion outcomes in old versus new blood, use of tranexemic acid during surgery, bystander use of defibrillators, and bypass surgery outcomes on stopped versus beating hearts. Program notes: 0:45 Bystander use of defibrillators 1:42 About 10% …

PodMed – Week of November 7, 2016 Read more »

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This week’s topics include changing therapy with a genetic assessment of breast cancer, outcomes from hernia repair, a new agent for osteoporosis, and syncope and pulmonary embolism. Program notes: 0:30 Results of hernia repair 1:32 Either mesh, or routine surgery …

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This week’s topics include metabolic surgery, talking with patients about advanced cancer, sodium in those with kidney disease, and blood pressure in the elderly. Program notes: 0:34 Blood pressure lowering in elderly 1:31 Blood pressure below 120 2:34 Intensive required …

PodMed – Week of May 30, 2016 Read more »