Episode 241: 241. Does Testosterone Therapy Prevent or Cause Fractures?
even at very small some would argue barely even treating doses of testosterone patients had an increase rate of fractures with a NNH of 100—when you add this to the 1 risk of aki and 2 percent risk of...
15 Feb 20245min
Episode 240: 240. Does Testosterone Prevent the Progression of Pre-diabetes to Diabetes?
Risk of progression from prediabetes to diabetes did not differ significantly between testosterone and placebo groups- and they looked for a change at 6,12,24,36,48 months of follow upNot to sound lik...
14 Feb 20245min
Episode 239: 239. TRAVERSE Study...Is Testosterone Therapy Safe for the Heart?
Take awayThe drug companies will say look how safe testosterone therapy is there was no difference in death from cardiovascular causes or myocardial infarction or stroke in those individuals randomize...
13 Feb 202410min
Episode 238: 238. What to do With Low Risk Pulmonary Embolism?
Use the PE Severity Index. If low risk and that is the only reason for admission, then the patient is safe for dischargehttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60824-6/abstr...
12 Feb 20245min
Episode 237: 237. Big Take Away from ACP Update to Colon Cancer Screening
american college of physicians says- No need to start colon cancer screening prior to 50. stop at age 75 or with 10 yrs of life left and FIT testing can be every other year and Cologuard is not recomm...
9 Feb 20245min
Episode 236: 236. Is Weight Loss Beneficial For Hip Osteoarthritis?
While weight loss may be beneficial for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, it does not see to have a protective or beneficial effect for those with hip osteoarthritis. https://agsjournals.onlinelib...
8 Feb 20244min
Episode 235: 235. When Should A Patient With HIV Be Started On Statin Therapy?
In patients with HIV and cv risk score of 4.5% there was a NNT of 106 at 5 yrs of follow up to prevent 1 MACEhttps://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-2643?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossre...
7 Feb 20244min
Episode 234: 234. Does Size Matter...BP Cuff Size
A cuff 1-2 sizes too large underestimated bp by 4-9mm Hg BUT a cuff 1-2 sizes too small overestimated the BP 4-20mm Hghttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2807853
6 Feb 20245min
