The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Identify and treat the most common causes of hip pain in the outpatient setting with returning guest, Dr Ted Parks. A large majority of hip pain in the office setting will be due to one of three conditions (hip osteoarthritis, greater trochanteric pain syndrome, and lumbo-sacral back pain). Learn to easily identify these conditions, how to initiate conservative treatment, and more about hip replac...

Electric cars, virtual reality, nanotechnology, and now… telemedicine? We chat with Dr. Ana María López MD, FACP about the future of telehealth, how to implement it in your practice, and the challenges you might face in doing so. Dr. López is immediate past president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) as well as Vice Chair of Medical Oncology and Chief of New Jersey Division Sidney Kimmel...

This week we narrow in on the enlarging prostate and decipher the common issue of benign prostatic hyperplasia with Adam C. Reese MD, Associate Professor of Urology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Chief of Urologic Oncology at Temple University Hospital. Learn how to interpret the symptom profile for patients presenting with common urinary issues, what to feel for in...

Random pearls from ACP #IM2019 Day 3. The Curbsiders crew is joined by Dr Alan Dow of VCU to discuss highlights from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting in Philadelphia including: sleep deprivation, the glymphatics system, inflammatory back pain, heart failure, dermatology pearls, a new definition for pulmonary hypertension and more! "Sorry, no time stamps or full show notes for this one. We're too ti...

Random pearls from ACP #IM2019 Day 2. The Curbsiders crew is joined by Dr Alia Chisty (future PD at Penn State Hershey) at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting in Philadelphia to discuss highlights including: baloxavir a new drug for flu, stress testing and coronary CT angiography pearls, celiac disease, H. pylori pearls, and a bunch of random pearls from infectious diseases, palliative care and more!...

Random pearls from #IM2019 Day 1. The Curbsiders crew is joined by Kashlak’s POCUS Chief, Renee Dversdal MD at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting in Philadelphia to discuss day 1 highlights inlcuding: POCUS, lyme rash, back pain, syphilis, women’s health, patient handoffs, the flip-flop fungal sign a ton of cardiology pearls (ie diuretics, paracentesis for CHF, beta blockers, LBBB, when is it safe to...

Join(t) us in learning about rheumatoid arthritis care for the internist with Robert McLean MD, rheumatologist, Associate Clinical Professor at Yale, and President Elect of the ACP! We discuss the complexity of rheumatoid arthritis, how to differentiate from other arthritic conditions, and how to have a patient-centered framework for the evaluation and treatment of affected patients. ACP members c...

Pain management in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often goes something like this: NSAIDs are evil, acetaminophen hardly works, opioids are dangerous, and all the rest (tramadol, gabapentinoids, antidepressants) are messy. But, we tackle the complexities of pain management in patients with chronic kidney disease in this special @NephMadness 2019 episode that, on a scale of 1-10, will le...

Does your sympathetic nervous system get activated when you notice acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis? Ever wonder how to really diagnose hepatorenal syndrome (HRS)? Think you have the bile-acid-stones to start diuretics on a patient requiring pressor support for kidney failure? You have come to the right place! Listen to @kidney_boy Joel Topf, HRS expert Juan Carlos Velez ( @velezneph...

Some precocious policy wonks take a deep dive into the evolving trends and future directions for our primary care workforce. Experts, Dr. Fatima Syed and Dr. Deep Shah return to school us on Physician Supply and Demand, the Access Gap, role of NPs and PAs, Retail Clinics, and Managed Care Clinics. ACP members can visit https://acponline.org/curbsiders to claim free CME-MOC credit for this episode...

Inpatient hypertension is tricky. What’s the best way to answer those overnight nursing phone calls for elevated blood pressures? What’s the role of treating hypertensive urgency in the hospital? Plus, Our nephrology experts put a new issue on the generalist’s radar: are ACE-inhibitors dangerous to give (or hold) during an operation? This NephMadness 2019 episode, features special guests Dr. Pasca...

The battle over the superiority of resuscitation fluids is coming to a boil. Enter the Fluid Wars. Are Lactated Ringers superior to normal saline? Will LR increase a patient’s lactate? What about albumin? The Curbsiders quench the thirst for knowledge by turning to masters Dr. Pascale Khairallah ( @Khairallah_P ), Dr. Charlie Wray ( @WrayCharles ) and Dr. Joel Topf (@ kidneyboy ) for guidance in t...

Cirrhosis TIPS for the decompensated cirrhotic & acute on chronic liver failure from expert hepatologist and keto-practitioner Scott Matherly MD, @liverprof and chief hepatologist at @KashlakHospital. We walk through acute management of variceal bleeds, when to suspect SBP in decompensated cirrhosis (all the time, it turns out), how much fluid to remove in paracentesis, and some definitions ab...

Listen to our first ever discussion with @kidney_boy , Joel Topf MD. It’s a classic episode with a fresh intro as we prepare for @NephMadness 2019 with our friends from Twitter and @AJKDonline Dominate leg cramps, diuretic therapy, and resistant hypertension with tips from @kidney_boy , Joel Topf MD @kidney_boy , Chief of Nephrology Kashlak Memorial Hospital, co-creator @NephMadness . We start wit...

Demystify chronic wound care management with high yield pearls from wound care expert Dr. Elizabeth (Foy) White-Chu. She takes us through a simple yet thorough approach to manage complex chronic wounds. We discuss everything from selecting a dressing, to pain management, and what kind of water should you really use when cleansing a wound. Answers to all of these burning questions and more await yo...

Dive deep into the psychopharmacology of depression with Dr Patrick Finley, PharmD at UCSF. Learn practical tips including how to switch from one antidepressant to another, what to expect with SSRI and SNRI withdrawal, and how to choose a second (or third) antidepressant for refractory depression. We also summarize the safety around antidepressants in the peripartum period. ACP members can visit h...

Join us at the forefront as we talk genetic testing in primary care with Dr Dallas Read, esteemed gynecologist and **the only** medical geneticist at Tufts Medical Center. Topics include: what internists should be comfortable testing for in the office, how and when to refer for screening, what tests to order, how to interpret test results, how to handle direct-to-consumer results or requests, and...

Learn expert tips for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from Dr. Adam Ehrlich, Assistant Professor of Medicine and co-director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Temple University Hospital.  In this episode, we learn about the initial work-up, general principles of management, and important primary care considerations for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative coli...

Master the management of hyperkalemia with tools, tips and tactics from @kidney_boy, Joel Topf MD, Chief of Nephrology @KashlakHospital. We cover: common causes of hyperkalemia; the U-shaped curve of potassium levels and mortality; albuterol nebs; how to safely use insulin; potassium binding resins and colonic necrosis; Does it make sense to give loop diuretics and fluids?; Should we be using flud...

Stuck on sickle cell disease? We hammer out the basics of diagnosis, common sickle cell variants and their manifestations, preventive medicine, acute and chronic pain management, opioid use, and how to recognize and treat common complications like anemia, fever and acute chest syndrome. Sickle cell expert, Sophie Lanzkron MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology and Director of the Sickle...

Optimize perioperative risk and dominate perioperative medicine. Topics include surgical risk calculators, preoperative labs, stress testing, use of BNP and troponins, postoperative MI, cardiac and pulmonary risk stratification, and more! We’re joined by perioperative medicine expert, Avital O’Glasser MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and Assistant Progr...

“Urinary tract infections” (UTIs) are overdiagnosed. Antibiotics are overprescribed. UTIs are inappropriately blamed for geriatric syndromes (eg delirium) despite little supporting evidence. Our guest, Tom Finucane MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins makes us question everything. Topics: How can we diagnose “UTI”? Who needs treatment? Do urinary tract symptoms matter? Does malodoro...

Take a trip down memory lane with top clinical pearls and favorite moments from The Curbsiders in 2018. Welcome to our 2018 Recap Extravaganza! Since last year, the Curbsiders team has grown substantially and the podcast has undergone several exciting developments. These include our collaboration with ACP that allows us to provide CME and MOC credit for select episodes, our new partnership with Hu...

Master the diagnosis and management of Genital Herpes with tips from expert, Robert Bettiker MD . Topics include: the natural history, diagnosis & screening guidelines for genital herpes; cold sores; options for primary and recurrent episodes including prophylaxis; and consideration of specific populations including symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, pregnancy and MSM (men who have sex wit...

Sharpen your diagnostic schema for abdominal pain and eosinophilia with this mystery case http://hdx.org/Rxg (click link to follow along). Reza Manesh MD, editor of Global Morning Report at The Human Diagnosis Project aka Human Dx attempts to solve this challenging case with the help of The Curbsiders. Use this link http://hdx.org/Rxg to follow along with the case on the Human Dx app and check out...