Primary Care Pod

Sitting Cessation Counseling?

Not smoking cessation, but SITTING CESSATION? How a British RCT showed that PCPs can improved hours of sedentary sitting per day, and make changes to patient's overall wellbeing and ? health? 

Let's discuss!

Treating Painful Neuropathy: Is More Better?

WELCOME BACK.

 

Let's talk about a recent study last month on treatment options for painful neuropathy in diabetes. Monotherapy or dual therapy? Is More Better? Is this practice changing? Do I like typing questions in here? Find out in this episode!

The Future is Here! The Cancer Blood Test

Let's talk about cfDNA and how a new test is soon to be coming to a PCP office near you to screen healthy patients for all cancers in a single blood test.

Practice Changes? Hyperkalemia Management on ACE/ARBs

On today's episode: Standard opening and joke, but with a new sponsorship from Panacea Financial!

 

Pod Episode is on an interesting study from last month on management of hyperkalemia with patients on ACE/ARBs that I thought was super interesting and very relevant to primary care.  Hope you agree!

Combatting Burnout by Accepting Uncertainty

Why You Will Hear A Lot About LipoproteinA in 2023

Let's talk and review research (and future treatments of LpA) on today's episode of the PCP.

The SAD Reality of AD management

*sigh* Alzheimer's disease is awful. 

 

Let's talk about management, or at least how best to handle it.

Guideline Update! Anticoagulation and Endoscopy

We're back!

 

Let's talk what to do with Warfarin/coumadin, DOACs, antiplatelets/aspirin at the time of EGDs and Colonoscopy based on the most recent guidelines in the spring

COPD Management

Let's review an important topic for Primary Care - COPD! Because it's actually easier than we make it out to be, and can be managed by PCPs in the clinic.  Let's review the 2020 GOLD recommendations.

To Use or Not to Use - PCSK9 and Ezetimibe.

Let's have a talk based on a very recent meta-analysis from the BMJ about PCSK9 and ezetimibe use in prevention of ASCVD/MACEvents.

Common Abdominal Symptoms that Should Alarm You

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Does the White Coat Matter?

Fun article to discuss today, does it matter whether you wear a white coat to patients?

Deprescribing PPIs - New Guidelines Update from the AGA

PPIs are usually great.  PPIs sometimes need to go away. Let's talk about De-prescribing PPIs from a new guideline update from the AGA. OK

No more Salt Restriction for CHF? NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND

Very confusing study and very confusing popular media reporting on the topic, all leads to good topic to talk about in podcast form.

Guideline Update! Aspirin for Primary Prevention of CVD

We're back! New pod episode!

Practice Efficiency: Documentation part 2!

You suck at documenting. Let's talk why and focus on how to get better.

Practice Efficiency: Documentation!

Today we go back to Practice Efficiency and look at clinic documentation!  Something we can ALL get better about.  I have thoughts. ALL THE THOUGHTS.

Guideline Update! Adult Pneumonia Vaccines!

New update! Goodbye Pneumovax 23. Hello PCV 20.  Prevnar is back, baby?

IBS responds to Placebo! A study

Primary Care.... in SPACE?

Just a short, fun episode on human physiology and space travel. Probably not clinically relevant but maaaaaaaaaybe one day? Nah, probably not.  

Best Practice - Titrating BP Meds in Elderly

Hey! New study! Is it better to increase a current medication to max dose or start new medication? We know the answer in general population, but let's talk about elderly specific patients.

The Possible Problems of PE Protocols

I like alliteration. Today is about a possible new PE protocol we can follow to rule out false positive D-Dimers by adjusting its threshold based on some variables. BUT, this can be confusing. And hard to remember. Are adding more and more complex algorithms actually worth it?

Review: Acne Treatment

Hey everyone, simple and quick review of acne treatment today. Tune in and review!

Changing Treatment for Pediatric Pneumonia?

New study! Short course, low dose Amox NON INFERIOR to traditional care. Game changer? IDK probably, let's discuss.

What‘s Up with Artificial Sweeteners?

New study highlights what artificial sweeteners are actually doing metabolically, neurologically, and impacting people's ability to lose weight.