Primary Care Pod

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!

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!

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.

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!

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

*sigh* Alzheimer's disease is awful. 

 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

We're back! New pod episode!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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

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

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