The Rounds Table

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick! This week, he will discuss a paper exploring the role of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in patients with minor ischemic stroke and intracranial vessel occlusion. Here we go! Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): a randomised...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick! This week, he will discuss a paper exploring infliximab versus cyclophosphamide for the treatment of severe Behçet's Syndrome. Here we go! Infliximab versus Cyclophosphamide for Severe Behçet's Syndrome (0:00 – 5:15). And for the Good Stuff: Bob Ross and Painting (5:15 – 6:2...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - whether aspirin should be held in patients with stable coronary artery disease and drug-eluting stents and the role of semaglutide in patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Two papers, here we go! Aspirin Monotherapy...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and our Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring oxygenation in acute respiratory failure and the use of ablation versus anti-arrhythmic medication for ventricula...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. John Fralick sits down with Dr. Nicole Hawe, a first-year Internal Medicine resident at the University of British Columbia, to discuss her third place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024. Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos sits down with Nick Sanchez (MD student) to discuss his second place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.  Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick! This week, he will discuss a paper exploring whether Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors should be held before major non-cardiac surgery. Here we go! Continuation versus Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Non-Cardiac Surgery: The Stop-or-Not Randomized...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Zahra Merali (Host) sits down with Dr. Shaima Kaka (Internal Medicine resident) to discuss her first place winning clinical vignette (oral case report) from the Canadian Conference of Medicine Annual Meeting 2024 . Resources: Diabetic Striatopathy: An Updated Overview Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. David-Dan Nguyen, a Urology Resident at the University of Toronto, to chat about his recent study, " Payments by Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers to US Peer Reviewers of Major Medical Journals ", that has been recently published in JAMA. Que...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays Rounds Table Listeners! For our penultimate episode of 2024, we are back with a special treat! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick chat about the top five RCTs published over the past year: Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (0:00 – 3:40). Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity (3:40 – 9:00)...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Kevin Venus, a General Internist at Toronto Western Hospital, to chat about perioperative medicine! Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Justin Boyle and Emily Hughes discuss two recent papers - the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure and the role of decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection. Two papers, here we go! Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure (0:00 – 10:05). Decolonization in...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - the Balance Trial and the role of inhaled amikacin in preventing VAP. Two papers, here we go! Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (0:00 – 8:24). Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients wi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss two recent papers exploring the effect of sitting time reduction on blood pressure and the discontinuation of RAAS inhibition perioperatively. Two papers, here we go! Sitting Time Reduction and Blood Pressure in Older Adults (0:00 – 11:3...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a special Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss top papers from the 2024 European of Society of Cardiology Congress. Here we go! Edoxaban Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (0:00 – 9:25). Beta-Blocker Interruption or Continuation after Myoc...

Send us Fan Mail Take a listen to our live recording of The Canadian Conference of Internal Medicine Top papers of the year 2024 session!   We talk about recent studies involving alzheimer's dementia, community acquired pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, MASLD and long covid. Host: Dr. Zahra Merali, Expert: Dr. Rajender Hanmiah. Check out www.medicinepods.com for a live video recording. You can...

Send us Fan Mail Up to 30% of all healthcare offers no clinical value to patients. Reducing this care has the co-benefit of decreasing healthcare's carbon footprint. In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Billy Silverstein @WKSilverstein (General Internist, University of Toronto) and Dr. Owen Luv @OwenLuo5 (Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University)...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Part 3 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)! In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this seri...

Send us Fan Mail There are everyday practices we can stop or reduce that don’t add value to patient care and harm the environment. In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Mathilde Gaudreau @MathildeGSimard (General Internist, University of Ottawa), Dr. Nabha Shetty (General Internist, Dalhousie University) and Dr. Valeria Stoynova (General Internist, Island He...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Part 2 of a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)! In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this seri...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special series Medicine Pods has created in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)! In the lead up to the CSIM Conference, we will be discussing the runners up for the ever popular 'Top Papers' session. This year's session will be chaired by Dr. Raj Hanmiah, who has kindly joined us as a special guest for this series. If you...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and our new Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring the novel management of two rare diseases - ATTR Amyloidosis and Hereditary Angioedema. Two papers, here we g...

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Dirk von Lewinski, an Interventional Cardiologist, Intensivist, and Scientist from the Medical University of Graz, to chat about his practicing changing trial! Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers exploring the role of acupressure in pain management for knee osteroarthritis and the utility of AI-enabled electrocardiography. Two papers, here we go! Self-Administered Acupressure for Probable Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-A...