Four healthily skeptical primary care physicians discuss the latest in primary care medicine. Join Essential Evidence Editor Mark Ebell MD, Rush University's Ka...
Episode 167: laughter, HP eradication, antibiotics for delirium, and MRIs of the knee
Join Kate, Gary, Henry and Mark as they discuss a new therapy for dry eye syndrome, antibiotics for suspected UTI in adults with delirium, a new ACG guideline for treating H pylori, and the prevalence of knee pathology in asymptomatic adults. See below for links to the articles and other stuff:
Dry eye treatment
BMJ: https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2024-080474
Patient instructions: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2024/09/11/bmj-2024-080474.DC1/liji080474.ww2.pdf
Antibiotics for UTI in delirium: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38895992/
ACG guideline for H. Pylori: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28071659/
MRI of asymptomatic knees: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32060622/
Elections and CVD: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9021908/
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Episode 166: vaping cessation, BP meds and dementia, SGLT-2's, and AI for melanoma
Join Gary, Kate, Mark and Henry as they discuss text messages for adolescent vaping cessation, stopping BP meds in nursing home residents with dementia, the benefits of SGLT-2 inhibitors, and mobile phone app–based artificial intelligence for diagnosing melanoma.
Click here for transcript, notes and links for this episode.
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Episode 165: psychedelics for depression, preventing and treating influenza, and GLP-2 for...sleep apnea?
It's biscuit week, oops, I mean flu week here on the Great Primary Care Update. Join our bakers, I mean POETs, as they discuss preventing influenza, treating severe influenza, psychedelics for depression, and GLP-1 agonists to treat sleep apnea of all things.
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Episode 164: HTN in kids, steroids for hip OA, drugs for T2DM, and AI to develop guidelines
This week, Gary, Henry, Kate and Mark discuss CV events in children with hypertension, intra-articular steroid injections in adults with hip DJD, the best drug classes for treating adults with T2DM, and AI supported development of practice guideline questions. And a quiz, and two sports stories from Henry!
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Episode 163: salt substitutes, VR apps for pain, multivitamins, and vitamin D
This week join Kate, Mark, Henry and Gary for a discussion of the cardiovascular benefits of salt substitutes, using virtual reality for cancer-related pain, whether multivitamins reduce mortality, and if and when to recommend vitamin D supplements.
Four healthily skeptical primary care physicians discuss the latest in primary care medicine. Join Essential Evidence Editor Mark Ebell MD, Rush University's Kate Rowland MD, MSU Professor of Medicine Gary Ferenchick MD, and POEMs co-founder Henry Barry MD, MS for this fast-paced weekly update on evidence-based primary care.