Episode 287: 286. Does Hypokalemia cause Heart Badness?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.13757ECG abnormalities were present in 40% of hypokalemic patients and included t-wave flattening/inversion, ST-segment depression, QTc prolongation, l...
15 Maj 20245min
Episode 286: 285. Does Exercise Improve Hip OA?
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-3225researchers randomized 160 patients with mostly unilateral hip OA to two 60-minute sessions weekly for 12 weeks,you were randomized to receive either ne...
14 Maj 20245min
Episode 285: 284. Do Electronic Cigarettes Increase Smoking Cessation?
adult smokers who are given e-cigarettes are significantly more likely to be abstinent at 6 months from a target quit date with a (NNT = 8) but those individuals were not more likely to be abstinent ...
13 Maj 20247min
Episode 284: 283. New Guidelines from American College of Cardiology on Atrial Fibrillation
However, screening is not recommended because it has not been shown to improve patient outcomes.. Lifestyle recommendations include moderating alcohol use, quitting smoking, exercising, and losing wei...
9 Maj 20248min
Episode 283: 282. New Guidelines For Management of Acute Pancreatitis
https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2024/03000/american_college_of_gastroenterology_guidelines_.14.aspx2 of the 3 following criteria: (i) abdominal pain consistent with the disease, (ii) serum amyla...
3 Maj 20247min
Episode 282: 281. What Do You Do With Elevated Childhood Cholesterol?
Bottom line-Elevated cholesterol as a child into an adult is bad but we still don’t know if treating children with medication improves this badness but we can say if you have elevated cholesterol as a...
2 Maj 20246min
Episode 281: 280. How Much Weight Does an Obese Mother Need to Gain?
Weight gain <5 kg was not associated with risk for the composite outcome among women with class 1 and 2 obesity (BMIs, ≥30–39.9 kg/m2). Weight gain <5 kg and weight loss were associated with lower ris...
1 Maj 20245min
Episode 280: 279. Does Sitting In a Chair Improve Patient Stay in the Hospital?
Chair placement was not associated with a difference in patients’ ability to name their physician (P=1.0), ability to successfully identify their reason for hospital admission (P=0.82), or perceptions...
29 Apr 20247min
