The Rounds Table

The Rounds Table

The Rounds Table is a free recurring medical podcast covering the latest and most important research from major medical journals. It is intended for all practicing healthcare professionals and aims to to help them keep up to date in the care of their patients.

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January 23, 2025 23 mins

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 and our Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring oxygenation in acute respiratory failure and the use of ablation versus anti-arrhythmic medication for ventricular tachycardia. Two papers, here we go!

  1. High-Flow Na...
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January 11, 2025 7 mins

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick!

This week, he will discuss a paper exploring whether Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors should be held before major non-cardiac surgery. Here we go!

  1. Continuation versus Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Non-Cardiac Surgery: The Stop-or-Not Randomized Clinical Trial (0:00 – 6:16).

And for the Good...

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Dr. Zahra Merali (Host) sits down with Dr. Shaima Kaka (Internal Medicine resident) to discuss her first place winning clinical vignette (oral case report) from the Canadian Conference of Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.

Resources: Diabetic Striatopathy: An Updated Overview

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. David-Dan Nguyen, a Urology Resident at the University of Toronto, to chat about his recent study, "Payments by Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers to US Peer Reviewers of Major Medical Journals", that has been recently published in JAMA.

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear ...

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December 19, 2024 24 mins

Happy Holidays Rounds Table Listeners! For our penultimate episode of 2024, we are back with a special treat! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick chat about the top five RCTs published over the past year:

  1. Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (0:00 – 3:40).
  2. Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity (3:40 – 9:00).
  3. Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease ...
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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Kevin Venus, a General Internist at Toronto Western Hospital, to chat about perioperative medicine!

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Justin Boyle and Emily Hughes discuss two recent papers - the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure and the role of decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection. Two papers, here we go!

  1. Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure (0:00 – 10:05).
  2. Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalizat...
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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 - the Balance Trial and the role of inhaled amikacin in preventing VAP. Two papers, here we go!

  1. Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (0:00 – 8:24).
  2. Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (the Balance Trial) (8:24 ...
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November 14, 2024 24 mins

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss two recent papers exploring the effect of sitting time reduction on blood pressure and the discontinuation of RAAS inhibition perioperatively. Two papers, here we go!

  1. Sitting Time Reduction and Blood Pressure in Older Adults (0:00 – 11:35).
  2. Discontinuation versus continuation of renin-ang...
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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back today with a special Rapid Fire Podcast!

This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss top papers from the 2024 European of Society of Cardiology Congress. Here we go!

  1. Edoxaban Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (0:00 – 9:25).
  2. Beta-Blocker Interruption or Continuation after Myocardial Infarction (9:25 – 13:52).
  3. Finerenone in Heart...
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Take a listen to our live recording of The Canadian Conference of Internal Medicine Top papers of the year 2024 session!
 
We talk about recent studies involving alzheimer's dementia, community acquired pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, MASLD and long covid.

Host: Dr. Zahra Merali, Expert: Dr. Rajender Hanmiah.

Check out www.medicinepods.com for a live video recording. You can also see a link to each ...

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Up to 30% of all healthcare offers no clinical value to patients. Reducing this care has the co-benefit of decreasing healthcare's carbon footprint.

In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Billy Silverstein @WKSilverstein (General Internist, University of Toronto) and Dr. Owen Luv @OwenLuo5 (Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University) to discuss 4 of the Choosing Wisely Canada...

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Welcome to Part 3 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)!

In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you want to find out which papers ma...

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There are everyday practices we can stop or reduce that don’t add value to patient care and harm the environment.

In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Mathilde Gaudreau @MathildeGSimard (General Internist, University of Ottawa), Dr. Nabha Shetty (General Internist, Dalhousie University) and Dr. Valeria Stoynova (General Internist, Island Health/UBC Island Medical Program) to discus...

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Welcome to Part 2 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)!

In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you want to find out which papers ma...

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Welcome to a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)!

In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you want to find out which papers made the fin...

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September 12, 2024 26 mins

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 and our new Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring the novel management of two rare diseases - ATTR Amyloidosis and Hereditary Angioedema. Two papers, here we go!

  1. Patisiran Treatment in Patients with Transthyret...
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September 9, 2024 6 mins

Welcome to Medicine Pods! Your one stop shop for everything internal medicine, prn. Find us at www.medicinepods.com to find everything from The Intern at Work, The Rounds Table, Everything You Need To Know and Trial Files all in one place.

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