The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

Send us Fan Mail You may know an approach to anemia, or thrombocytopenia...but what about when all cell lines are down? Take a listen to our hematology focused episode of pancytopenia! Written by Jia Li (Lily) Liu (Internal Medicine Resident) and Dr. Owen Dan Luo (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Laura Habib (Hematologist-Oncologist), and Dr. Natasha Nathoo (Internist).  Infographic...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we take you through our approach to a disease with a wide array of clinical presentations and evolving treatment landscape - hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.  Written by: Dr. Kate Haichin (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Chetrit (Cardiologist) & Dr. John Angelopoulos (General Internist)  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Do you know you valvulopathies? Learn everything there is to know about mitral stenosis! This episode was written by Dr. David Ji (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Murray Kornbluth (Cardiology) and Dr. Samuel Mamane (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Julie Simone (Medical Student).  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week we go through the ultimate in rare diagnoses - PNH. We talk about when to suspect it, how patients may present, and an approach to treatment and management. Bonus points if you can correctly guess how many attempts it took to pronounce "phosphatidylinositol!"  Written by: Dr. Angela Dong (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Helena Dhamko (Hematologist...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Part 2 of our collaboration with #NephMadness! This week we sit down with Dr. Jeff Kott (Nephrologist and Critical Care Fellow) from the NephMadness Exec to discuss the latest and greatest in hyponatremia correction rates.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We partnered up with the NephMadness team to release two special episodes on hyponatremia. In this one we take you through a new(er) approach to hyponatremia and its workup. Stay tuned later this week for our Ask a Fellow episode where we cover the latest and greatest controversy on rates of correction!  Written by: Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by...

Send us Fan Mail In both the developed and underdeveloped world, it's important to be aware of common nutritional deficiencies and their manifestations in our adult patients! This episode was written by: Dr. Igor Sljivic (Internal Medicine Resident). Reviewed by: Dr. Andrew Appleton (General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Marko Markobrada (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by: Julia Simone...

Send us Fan Mail This week we take you through a disease that can truly affect just about every organ system - IgG4 Related Disease. We will walk you through the presentation, work up, and approach to treatment  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the physiology and pathophysiology behind acid-base disorders. We then outline a 5 step approach to interpreting acid-base disorders. For reference, please refer to the infographic on our website at www.theinternatwork.com.  Written by: Dr. Caroline Najjar, (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by:  Dr. Bernard Unikowsky (Nephrologist) and Dr. Jesse Pop...

Send us Fan Mail What is that rare endocrine tumour that can cause watery diarrhea? You may have heard of a VIPoma, but how much do you actually know about it?  This episode was written by Dr. Tiffany Mach (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Vincent Larouche (Endocrinology) and Dr. Maral Koolian (General Internal Medicine).  Infographic by Julia Simone (Medical Student) Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, work-up and management of a patient presenting with Takatsubo (or stress-induced) Cardiomyopathy. Our medicine minute discusses the JAMA discusses the higher incidence of stress cardiomyopathy noted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Written by: Dr. Mehras Motamed (Internal Medicine resident) Reviewed y: Dr. De...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what to do with that finding of an unexpected nodule on chest xray? Here we walk you through the approach including risk stratification, follow-up, and work-up.  Written by: Dr. Brandon Luu (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Lee Fidler (Respirologist) and Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos (Internist & Intensivist)   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the physiology and pathophysiology, etiology, clinical exam, investigations and treatment in patients with splenomegaly. Our medicine minute addresses the COMFORT II trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2012.  Written by: Drs. Owen Luo and Jia Li (Lily) Liu (Internal medicine residents) Reviewed by: Dr. Gizelle Popradi (hematologist)...

Send us Fan Mail HFpEF is the lesser talked about, but still equally important type of CHF! We discuss the evidence and give you a run-down on everything you need to know about HFpEF. Written by Dr. Aishwarya Roshan, Internal Medicine resident, and reviewed by Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan, Cardiology and CICU, and Dr. Alison Lai, Internal Medicine. Infographic by Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert, Internal Medic...

Send us Fan Mail Written by: Dr. Sarah Hammond (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Marko Skrtic (Nephrology) and Dr. Zijing Wu (General Internal Medicine   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week we bring you a two-in-one! We cover polycythemia vera and essential thrombocytosis.  Written by: Dr. RuiQi (Richard) Chen (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Hassan Sibai (Hematology) and Dr. Christopher Langlois (GIM) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, investigation and management of hepatitis B. Our medicine minute reviews the current CDC guidelines and recommendations for screening in the general population. Written by: Drs. Amine Zoughlami and Ikram Abow-Mohamed Reviewed by: Dr. Phillip wong (Hepatologist) and Dr. Sanabelle Zaabat (General Internist) Support th...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode you'll learn about two often confused syndromes that cause elevated body temperature! Episode written by Dr. Thomas Kiebalo (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Peter Wu (Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Gillian Spiegle (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Dr. Shannon Gui (Internal Medicine Re...

Send us Fan Mail You may know what to do with hyperglyecmia- but do you know what to do when the glucose goes low? Learn how to treat this dangerous (and less taught) condition in this weeks episode!  This episode was written by Isabel Shamsudeen (Internal Medicine Resident), and reviewed by Dr. Tayyab Khan (Endocrinology) and Dr. Saira Zafar (General Internal Medicine).  Episode produced by Dr. M...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the clinical presentation, classification, investigations, treatment and prognosis of patients with small cell lung cancer. Our medicine minute discusses the CASPIAN trial.  Written by: Dr. Craig Rodrigues (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Susanna Cheng (Medical Oncologist) and Dr. Ignazio La Delfa (Internist) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered about how to treat VTE in malignancy? This episode goes over all the ins and outs of this complex and nuanced topic! Written by Dr. Kevin Yijun Fan, Internal Medicine and reviewed by Dr. Helena Dhamko, (Hematology) and Dr. Ed Etchells (General Internal Medicine).  Infographic by Valarie Kim (Internal Medicine Resident).  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the etiologies, pathophysiology, investigations and management of macrocytic anemia. Our medicine minute addresses how to best supplement individuals with Vitamin B12 deficiency.  Written by: Dr. Haeyong Rho (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Martina Trinkaus (Hematologist) and Dr. Alison Lai (General Internist) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we provide an overdose of amyloidosis with a specific focus on AL amyloidosis. We include the clinical presentation, investigations, diagnostic criteria and treatment for AL amyloidosis.  Episode written by: Dr. Roslyn Mainland (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Zijing Wu (General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Bethany Monteith (Hematology) Sound editing by...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we walk you through our approach to pancreatitis, including potential etiologies (not just the favourite scorpion bite!), and discuss recent evidence on management.  Written by: Dr. Ikram Abow-Mohamed & Dr. Amine Zoughlami (Internal Medicine Residents) Reviewed by: Dr. Constantine Soulelis (Gastroenterologist) & Dr. Sanabelle Zaabat (General Internist) Supp...

Send us Fan Mail What complications should you watch our for in patients on peritoneal dialysis? Let this once elusive topic become your expertise! This episode was written by Dr. Shareef Akbari (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Bogdan Momciu (Nephrology) and Dr. Steven Montague (General Internal Medicine) Infographic by Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert (Internal Medicine Resident) Sound edi...