Episode 191: Medical Update 191- Afib and coffee, elective ortho and PRP, Antibiotic overuse, low back pain

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405923?query=clinical-medicine Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have been shown to reduce mortality in patients after myocardial infarction with cong...

17 Mar 20258min

Estimated 5-year incidence of recurrent VTE was similar in the reduced-dose and full-dose groups (2.2% and 1.8%). Estimated 5-year bleeding incidence was significantly lower with reduced-dose than wi...

14 Mar 20258min

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405404NNT of 4! systemic metronid and topical clinda bid for one week

12 Mar 20256min

What Was Studied?The EMPA-KIDNEY trial followed 6,609 CKD patients at risk of disease progression. Participants were randomly assigned to receive empagliflozin (10 mg daily) or a placebo for a median ...

11 Mar 20259min

Metformin while not necessarily first line therapy for diabetes depending on the patients co-morbid conditions it is certainly highly ranked on the list of medications! I know often metformin is stopp...

6 Mar 202510min

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825813Conclusions and Relevance  In this randomized clinical trial assessing simultaneous vs sequential administration of mRNA COVID-19 an...

4 Mar 20257min

https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2024-081164systematic review and meta-analysis on prehabilitation before surgery, published in the BMJ in February 2025.Prehabilitation aims to prepare patients for...

27 Feb 20257min

Mammograms

24 Feb 202520min