The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Houston, we have a female sexual dysfunction problem. Female sexual problems, which can affect women of all ages, are underdiagnosed and undertreated--in part because clinicians are not the best at asking about sex in primary care visits. In the course of this episode, learn about how to have that sex talk you’ve (maybe) been avoiding, what to ask when working up sexual problems in women, and find the words to talk to patients about sex. Today, we’re lucky to have the female sexual health expert of experts, Dr. Stacy Lindau, MD, MA, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics at the University of Chicago Medicine, on the show to teach us the best “sex talk” language, the differential for female sexual problems, and explore therapies. Sadly, there’s no sildenafil-like magic bullet, but a multidisciplinary team can make real impact on female sexual problems. Don’t forget to check out http://womanlab.org

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Credits

Written and produced by: Nora Taranto MS4

Hosts: Leah Witt MD and Matthew Watto MD

Infographic: Leah Witt MD

Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Stacy Lindau MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Disclaimer
• 00:35 Intro and guest bio
• 03:30 Guest one liner, book recommendations, favorite failure, career advice and picks of the week
• 12:57 Clinical Case of female sexual dysfunction and some definitions
• 15:08 Are sexual problems a normal part of aging?; How to take a sexual history; Etiology of sexual dysfunction; “Diagnostic sex”; Red flags
• 27:54 Medications that contribute to sexual dysfunction
• 31:00 Labs
• 34:45 Treatment: pelvic PT, medications, counseling, flibanserin, herbal supplements
• 49:05 Screening for female sexual problems
• 51:58 Take home points; WomanLab.org
• 55:19 Outro

SummaryConquer Clostridium difficile (Clostridioides difficile) with this “spore-tacular” episode featuring infectious diseases expert, Dr. Curtis Donskey, Professor at Case Western Reserve University and clinician at the Louis Stokes VA Hospital. We discuss the updates in the 2017 IDSA C. difficile guidelines plus a bunch of random pearls. If you have ever laid awake at night wondering how many pills are needed for a fecal transplant, then this is the episode for you!  We discuss why metronidazole was dropped as the first line therapy for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) along with other hot topics such as two-step testing, loperamide use, which antibiotics are the least likely to cause CDI, and more. Do not miss this episode!

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Credits

Written by: Carolyn Chan MD

Produced by: Matthew Watto MD

Hosts: Carolyn Chan MD, Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD

Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Curtis Donskey, MD

Geriatric psychiatry returns. We tackle sleep problems and behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia with returning guest, and Geriatric Psychiatrist Dennis Popeo MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. Topics include: pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of insomnia; treating agitation and irritability; medical management of psychotic symptoms and paranoia; ethical concerns about the treatment of challenging behaviors in dementia; and the shortage of geriatricians and geriatric psychiatrists.

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Credits

Written & Produced by: Jordana Kozupsky NP, Matthew Watto MD

Artwork by: Kate Grant MD

Hosts: Jordana Kozupsky NP, Matthew Watto MD

Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Dennis Popeo, MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro and guest bio
• 01:55 Case of sleep disturbance in a patient with dementia; medications for sleep disturbances; nonpharmacologic strategies for sleep
• 11:32 Irritability and agitation versus paranoia, or psychotic symptoms; benzodiazepines in older adults
• 15:40 Antipsychotic medications, the black box warning and ethical concerns
• 23:50 Geriatricians, geriatric psychiatrists in short supply; Behavioral interventions
• 28:16 Outro

Tags

psychiatry, psych, geri, geriatrics, dementia, paranoia, psychosis, sleep, insomnia, agitation, antipsychotics, atypical, black, box, warning, adverse, zolpidem, benzodiazepine, side, effects, therapy, mirtazapine, gabapentin, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Summary

Geriatric depression got you down? Boost your spirits with tips and tactics from Geriatric Psychiatrist, Dennis Popeo MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. Topics include: suicide in the older adults; how to diagnosis depression in older adults; how to counsel patients about antidepressants, how to choose an antidepressant, how to monitor and titrate medications, and how long to continue therapy. Stay tuned for part two of our discussion with Dr Popeo on managing sleep and behavioral problems in older adult patients with dementia.

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Credits

Written & Produced by: Jordana Kozupsky NP, Matthew Watto MD

Artwork by: Kate Grant MD

Hosts: Jordana Kozupsky NP, Matthew Watto MD

Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Dennis Popeo, MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 A question for you, the listeners
• 01:12 Disclaimer, intro and guest bio
• 05:00 Getting to know our guest, recommendations for reading, and career advice
• 14:13 Case of geriatric depression; effective history taking; recognizing associated symptoms; depression scales
• 19:03 Suicide in older adults; firearm safety
• 24:26 Choice of therapy; Pharmacologic agents; Counseling patients and managing expectations; Dose titration and tracking symptoms
• 34:41 Augmenting therapy versus cross-titration to another agent; When is it okay to stop an antidepressant
• 40:50 Take home points
• 44:40 Outro

Tags: psychiatry, psych, geri, geriatrics, depression, mdd, sleep, insomnia, appetite, agitation, suicide, SSRIs, side, effects, therapy, diagnosis, serotonin, mirtazapine, bupropion, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Kick up the quality of your care with tips and tactics from Caitlin Clancy MD, coauthor of ACP’s High Value Care Curriculum. We learn to define quality and value in healthcare; the most common barriers to high value care; use of probability and likelihood ratios to boost clinical reasoning and combat diagnostic uncertainty; some useful tools to estimate cost; sources of healthcare waste; and some general pearls on how the healthcare system works...or doesn’t. ACP members can claim free CME-MOC at acponline.com/curbsiders (goes live 0900 EST on podcast release date).

Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.

Credits:

• Written & Produced by: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Caitlin Clancy MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Disclaimer, intro and guest bio
• 03:50 Guest one-liner, some discussion on non traditional paths, and picks of the week
• 12:10 Case 1: Defining value, cost, quality; sources of healthcare waste; and how to avoid the waste of daily labs
• 23:00 Case 2: An uninsured patient who needs major surgery; costs for uninsured versus insured patients
• 28:35 Do insured patients have better outcomes?
• 31:15 How to determine cost and “fair market price”
• 36:29 Case 3: Clinical case of suspected heart failure
• 45:45 Case 4: Clinical case of patient requesting antibiotics; barriers to high value care and how to overcome them
• 57:05 Outro

Tags: high, value, care, quality, cost, diagnostic, uncertainty, likelihood, ratio, testing, treatment, consumer, acp, college, american, insured, uninsured, bill, charge, reimbursement,

Master the management of gout with tips from expert, Tuhina Neogi MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Topics include: how to initiate and titrate urate lowering therapy, guidelines controversy over uric acid targets, colchicine & NSAIDS for anti-inflammatory prophylaxis, uricosuric agents, febuxostat, HLA B5801, use of uric acid levels in the acute setting and more random gout facts.

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Credits:

• Written and produced by: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Tuhina Neogi MD, PhD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro and guest bio
• 01:30 Allopurinol initiation and titration
• 07:10 Uricosuric therapy
• 09:10 Controversy over uric acid targets for gout
• 17:40 Parachutes and randomized controlled trials
• 19:15 Colchicine or NSAIDS for prophylaxis
• 23:20 Who needs febuxostat?
• 26:20 When to refer for gout, HLA B5801, and checking uric acid levels in the acute setting  
• 33:29 Take home points
• 36:15 Outro

Tags: allopurinol, uric, urate, acid, level, therapy, management, gout, flare, crystal, arthritis, titration, probenecid, febuxostat, target, acr, acp, guidelines, nsaids, colchicine, hla b5801, septic, rheumatology, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Crystalize your knowledge of gout and stop flares in their tracks with tips from expert, Tuhina Neogi MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. On this first of two gout episodes we learn to diagnose gout with or without arthrocentesis, how to treat flares, and how to counsel patients about gout, which apparently involves fire fighting and bathtubs. Don’t miss next week’s episode on urate lowering therapy, gout guidelines controversy, and answers to your gout questions from social media.

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Credits:

• Written and produced by: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Tuhina Neogi MD, PhD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Disclaimer, intro
• 01:40 Guest bio
• 03:20 Guest one liner, music recommendations, advice for researchers, and some comments on failure
• 09:15 Clinical diagnosis of gout
• 12:15 Is taking a diet history useful?
• 14:30 Classification criteria for gout
• 17:35 MSK ultrasound and Physical exam findings in gout
• 21:06 Arthrocentesis and MSU crystals
• 24:45 A recap of how to make the diagnosis of gout
• 26:50 The bathtub analogy and how to counsel a patient with a new diagnosis of gout
• 30:55 Pathophysiology of gout
• 34:55 Treatment for acute gout flares (steroids, colchicine, NSAIDS. And topical NSAIDS?) 
• 45:30 Outro

Tags: gout, crystal, colchicine, steroids, nsaids, joint, flare, acute, chronic, urate, uric, acid, arthritis, acr, exam, diagnosis, rheumatology, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Dr. Neda Frayha (@nedafrayha) of Primary Care RAP (Hippo Education) joins us this month for our thoughts and analysis of some recent (and not so recent) journal articles that interested us this month. Our articles spanned topics that include at cancer survival among patients pursuing treatment with complementary medicine, the effect of body weight on effectiveness of preventive aspirin dosing, strategies to promote physician leadership, respiratory symptoms in those with marijuana use and MRSA risk among patients with penicillin allergies. ACP members can claim free CME-MOC at acponline.com/curbsiders (goes live 0900 EST on podcast release date).

Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list to receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday! And hey, while you’re here, consider rating us on iTunes and leaving a review. The Curbsiders thank you!

Thoughts on the Journal Club series? Article or guest nominations? Compliments or complaints? You can reach us at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @thecurbsiders.  

Credits:

• Written by: Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH, Neda Frayha MD, Christopher Chiu MD
• Producers: Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH, Christopher Chiu MD
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Christopher Chiu MD
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD 

Time stamps:

• 00:00 Disclaimer, intro, guest bio
• 05:05 Do patients using complementary medicine for cancer therapy have worse outcomes?
• 13:11 Does low dose aspirin work for primary prevention of major adverse cardiac events?
• 19:16 Do physicians make better leaders?
• 24:55 Does marijuana cause respiratory symptoms?
• 30:40 Does penicillin allergy confer increased risk for C Diff and MRSA infection?
• 38:40 Wrap-up and outro

Tags:​ aspirin, cardiac risk, mortality, cancer, complementary, alternative, conventional, therapy, marijuana, cannabis, respiratory, symptoms, leader,

Get schooled on driver’s safety for older adults by expert, Alice Pomidor MD, Professor of Geriatrics at Florida State University. Whether or not older adults can continue to drive is a huge problem faced by for primary care clinicians, and will remain one until driverless cars become ubiquitous. Topics covered include: how to take a driving history, red flags, physical exam, cognitive exam, and vision assessment for driver’s safety, resources, when to refer, alternate means of transportation, and the legal repercussions of reporting...or not reporting.

Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.

Credits:

• Written and produced by: Matthew Watto MD and Elizabeth Garbitelli MD Candidate 2022
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD
• Cover Image by: Kate Grant MD
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD
• Guest: Alice Pomidor MD 

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Disclaimer
• 00:35 Intro and guest bio
• 03:10 Guest onliner, book recommendations, and career advice
• 10:43 Clinical case, and the 5 Rs of clinicians responsibility
• 19:15 Taking a history from older adult drivers
• 26:28 The clinical exam for driver’s safety (cognition, vision, and MSK tests)
• 37:24 How can we avoid patient anger towards clinician and family members?
• 41:10 When and where to refer for driving evaluation
• 47:00 Alternative transportation
• 52:00 What to do if someone refuses or forgets to stop driving
• 59:45 Reporting requirements and legal ramifications
• 69:15 Take home points
• 72:00 Outro 

Tags: driving, elderly, geriatrics, dementia, treatment, prevention, cognition, seniors, drivers, safety, crash, motor, vehicle, car, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

 

Things We Do For No Reason #TWDFNR highlights some widespread practices that are difficult to justify based on lack of proven health benefits, but significant cost (both financial and non-financial harms). Avoid these low value practices and inflated medical bills with tips from expert, Dr Lenny Feldman, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins. Topics include: renal ultrasound and urine electrolytes in acute kidney injury (AKI), folate deficiency and anemia work-up, prealbumin and malnutrition, blood transfusions, shellfish and contrast allergies, monitoring after switch from IV or oral antibiotics, and “against medical advice” discharges.

Don't forget to check out Clinicwiki.org a free, online resource for teaching ambulatory medicine.

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Credits:

• Written and produced by: Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA
• Editor: Matthew Watto, MD
• Hosts: Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA; Matthew Watto MD; Paul Williams MD, FACP
• Guest: Lenny Feldman MD, FACP

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Announcements
• 00:38 Disclaimer, intro, and guest bio
• 03:53 Guest one liner, some recommendations, and advice
• 08:35 Defining high value care and things we do for no reason (TWDFNR)
• 12:40 Why do clinicians order useless testing?
• 14:58 Urine electrolytes for acute kidney injury
• 20:30 Renal ultrasound for acute kidney injury
• 25:54 Stop ordering folate for anemia workup
• 31:47 How many units should I transfuse?
• 34:40 Prealbumin and albumin for malnourishment.
• 43:24 Iodine, shellfish and contrast allergy
• 50:28 Patient leaving against medical advice
• 56:45 Switching from IV to oral antibiotics
• 63:27 Dr Feldman’s plugs
• 65:36 Outro

Point-of-care Ultrasound AKA POCUS ain’t no hocus. Dr. Renee Dversdal (@ReneeDversdal) Director of the Oregon Health & Science University Point of Care Ultrasound and General Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Director, joins The Curbsiders to discuss her craft. Topics include: Defining POCUS, the value POCUS adds to the physical exam, training pathways and the appropriateness of billing. This episode is sponsored for CME-MOC credit by the American College of Physicians. ACP members can claim free credit at acponline.org/curbsiders (goes live at 9am on release date). Follow this link to read the ACP’s statement in support of POCUS in Internal Medicine.

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Credits:

• Written by: Christopher Chiu MD and Renee Dversdal MD
• Produced and CME questions by: Christopher Chiu MD
• Edited by: Matthew “Mike” Watto MD
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Christopher Chiu MD
• Guest Expert: Renee Dversdal MD

Tags: point-of-care, acp, impocus, ultrasound, bedside, POCUS, CLUE, exam, training, lifestyle, management, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

“Women in medicine, be bold.” Medical World, powerful women are here to stay. Dr. Vineet (Vinny) Arora, Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago, an exemplary Woman in Medicine and Leadership, shares snippets of her own story, valuable career advice to folks at all levels of training, and fascinating data about the gender disparities that exist in training, promotion, and pay.  We hope you’ll learn from this episode, whether you have faced or anticipate facing these struggles as a Woman in Medicine or as a member of another marginalized group, or whether you’re an ally and want to learn more about the issue.

Women are entering medical school now more than ever, and are learning to provide the best possible care to patients (didn’t you see that patients of female physicians have significantly lower mortality rates than patients of male physicians? (Tsugawa et al., 2016)).  The modern medical woman wants to teach, mentor, and lead--and be fairly evaluated, and promoted. That’s where We In Medicine (both women and men) have some work to do.  Because gender disparities (and other disparities hinging on identity) do exist.

N.b. This episode is our inaugural in what we hope will be a Women in Medicine series for the Curbsiders.  We have many more topics with which we’d like to engage, from career trajectory to imposter syndrome to sexual harassment to balancing career and personal lives (as inequity is not only at work (Khullar. Being a Doctor is Hard. It’s Harder for Women. NYT 2017)), to conversations about race, gender, and LGBTQ identity in medicine.  We’re passionate, at The Curbsiders, about all these topics, and we want to dive deep into how to make Medicine a more welcoming and ceiling-less place for all.  We can’t wait to bring this series to you, not to mention to bring some more fabulous female experts on air.

Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast

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Credits:

• Written and produced by: Leah Witt MD, Shreya P. Trivedi MD, Nora Taranto AB, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH, Molly Heublein MD, Beth Garbitelli, Hannah R Abrams,
• Images by: Beth Garbitelli and Hannah Abrams
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Leah Witt MD, Shreya P. Trivedi MD, Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Vineet Arora MD

Short on time but hungry for knowledge? Curbsiders’ Journal Club gives you the speedy article analysis you crave. We provide brief summaries of recent research and news items in the field of internal medicine, so you can save time and stay on top of the literature. On this episode, we were joined by Kashlak Memorial’s very own Chair of Medicine, Dr. Robert Centor AKA @medrants on Twitter or “Uncle Bob” to the Curbsider Crew. This month’s topics include: estimating atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk, whether CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) effectively rules out pulmonary embolism, discharging low risk patients with pulmonary embolism from the ED, metformin and risk of acidosis in patients with CKD, treating opioid use disorder after a nonfatal overdose, Canagliflozin and renal protection in type 2 diabetes, screening for diabetes among patients below age 40, and the association between nose-picking and staphylococcus. ACP members can claim free CME-MOC at  acponline.com/curbsiders (goes live 0900 EST on podcast release date).

Join our mailing list to receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday! And hey, while you’re here, consider rating us on iTunes and leaving a review. The Curbsiders thank you!

Thoughts on the Journal Club series? Article or guest nominations? Compliments or complaints? You can reach us at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @thecurbsiders.  

Credits:

• Written by: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
• Producers: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Christopher J Chiu MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Robert Centor MD

Lyme disease and tick-borne illness deconstructed by Infectious Diseases expert, Paul E. Sax MD, of episode 78 fame. Oh, Summer Nights. The time for romance between Danny Zuko and good girl Sandy, the time to sit in the backyard around the bonfire, the time for sunset hikes in the woods and mountains…..and don’t forget, it’s also the time for those pesky woodland ticks who’ll go for a ride on you and maybe suck your blood (gross!). Dr. Sax takes us through the essentials of tick-borne illness, with a focus on Lyme Disease: diagnosing it, treating it, identifying possible co-infections, and managing Post-Lyme residual symptoms.  

Our (And Dr. Sax’s) Disclaimer about this episode, and the shownotes: Tick-borne illness is a very serious problem in public health in the US, but management is quite a controversial issue. We’ve done our best with this episode to stay as evidence-based as possible. Moreover, given the limited time we have on air, we have tried to focus on what we think is most clinically relevant.

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Credits:

• Written by: Shreya P. Trivedi MD, Nora Taranto AB
• Produced by: Shreya P. Trivedi MD, Nora Taranto AB
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD
• Images by:  Hannah R. Abrams
• Hosts: Shreya P. Trivedi MD, Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD
• Guest: Paul E. Sax MD

Renal tubular acidosis aka RTA deconstructed by @Kidney_Boy, Joel Topf MD, Chief of Nephrology at Kashlak Memorial Hospital. We review the three buckets of non gap metabolic acidosis, normal renal physiology & acid base handling, points of failure in RTA, complications and treatment of RTA. Check out Dr Topf’s awesome slides on renal tubular acidosis at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast .

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Credits:

• Written by: Matthew Watto MD and Joel Topf MD
• Produced by: Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD
• Guest: Joel Topf MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Announcements
• 01:02 Disclaimer
• 01:40 Intro and guest bio
• 04:00 Joel’s one liner
• 06:05 Joel’s “favorite failure”
• 11:45 Paul shares a failure
• 13:20 Tweetorials
• 16:39 Clinical case of non gap metabolic acidosis
• 18:06 Three buckets of NAGMA and GI losses
• 21:02 Chloride intoxication and normal saline
• 25:14 Renal tubular acidosis and normal role of kidney in acid base
• 35:03 Proximal (type 2) RTA
• 40:33 Cases of proximal RTA
• 43:38 Distal (type 1) RTA
• 53:15 Bicarbonate dosing and titration
• 55:28 Type 4 RTA (hypoaldosteronism)
• 62:09 Urinary anion gap and ammonium
• 67:26 Replacing GI losses of bicarbonate
• 70:25 Joel reviews quick cases of RTA and NAGMA
• 74:49 Outro 

Tags: renal, tubular, acidosis, non, gap, rta, nagma, metabolic, kidney, diarrhea, sodium, normal, saline, ringer's, lactate, tubule, bicarbonate, physiology, acid, base, ammonia, ammonium, nephrolithiasis, assist

Expert diagnostician, Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal, again joins The Curbsiders to dive deeper into the topic of clinical expertise.  Topics include, and are mainly focused on, Dr. Dhaliwal’s “training regimen:” feedback, simulation, quizzing, learning from consultants, and how to read the medical literature as a clinician.  While we found this episode to be incredibly useful (and entertaining to record), don’t let our bias sway your opinion! In fact, just listen to the episode and listen for practical advise on how to improve your own clinical acumen.  

Dr Brigham’s comment:  Be forewarned, much of what we talk about is seemingly common sense, but, upon listening to the episode many times, I realize that we have, over time, overly complicated the fundamentals of expertise.  I’m just as guilty as the next physician.

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Credits

• Written and produced by:  Stuart Brigham MD
• Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Gurpreet Dhaliwal MD
• Images by: Beth Garbitelli
• Edited by:  Matthew Watto MD

Curbsiders’ Journal Club features rapid summary and critical appraisal of recent articles and news stories in internal medicine by The Curbsiders. This month’s topics include: asthma, maintenance versus as needed inhaler use, procalcitonin, Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis, colon cancer screening, smoking cessation, cannabis and cognitive impairment, LDL cholesterol and mortality, plus some medical podcast recommendations.

Over the last month, we have developed a list of more than 40 interesting articles and news stories that we have been feeding our own brain holes. From this list we have plucked a select few that we really wanted to highlight and share with you.

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Credits:

• Written by: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
• Producers: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
• Hosts: Christopher J Chiu MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Matthew Watto MD
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 Announcements
• 00:20 Disclaimer
• 01:00 Intro to Curbsiders Journal Club
• 03:07 Mild asthma and as needed versus maintenance inhaler use
• 09:50 Smoking cessation, e-cigarettes, and financial incentives
• 17:23 Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis
• 22:18 Cannabis and cognitive impairment
• 26:15 Colorectal cancer screening update by American Cancer Society
• 30:37 Procalcitonin for lower respiratory tract infections in the ED
• 37:29 Cholesterol, baseline LDL-C, mortality and cardiovascular events
• 41:01 Incorrect symbology and some podcast recommendations
• 46:22 Outro

Tags: asthma, maintenance, inhaler, procalcitonin, Pneumocystis, pcp, pneumonia, prophylaxis, colon, cancer, screening, crc, smoking, cessation, marijuana, cannabis, cognitive impairment, LDL, cholesterol, mortality, cardiovascular, podcast, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed

Cirrhosis. Take control of cirrhosis and treat your patients like the pros! In this episode of The Curbsiders, Dr. Scott Matherly, assistant professor in the Dept of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and board certified hepatologist, builds upon his introduction to cirrhosis. You already know what to look out for and how to diagnose these patients, now it’s time to build your knowledge and medical repertoire against this deadly condition! Topics include: high protein diet, ascites, diuretics, hepatic encephalopathy, lactulose vs rifaximin, portal hypertension, esophageal varices, beta blockers, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis and more pathophysiology!

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Credits:

• Written by: Cyrus Askin MD
• Infographics: Beth Garbitelli
• Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD and Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Cyrus Askin MD, Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD
• Guest: Scott Matherly MD

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Announcements
• 00:54 Disclaimer
• 01:30 Guest bio
• 02:28 NASH, diet, vitamin E, pioglitazone and prevention of cirrhosis
• 06:56 Clinical case of decompensated cirrhosis
• 09:02 Pathophysiology of circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis and use of diuretics
• 18:25 Hepatic encephalopathy, ammonia, lactulose and rifaximin
• 25:10 Timing of medical therapy
• 26:39 MAP of 82 mmHg, beta blockers and variceal bleeding
• 31:04 Use of midodrine for hypotension
• 33:45 Prophylaxis of SBP
• 36:05 Take home points
• 38:04 Outro

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Cirrhosis. Finally. Take your liver game to the next level with tips from @liverprof, Scott Matherly MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Topics include: exam findings in cirrhosis, interpreting liver function tests, incidental cirrhosis on imaging, fatty liver disease, steatohepatitis, hep c, shear wave elastography, screening for varices and hepatocellular carcinoma, pathophysiology, and lifestyle measures for initial management. This episode is sponsored for CME-MOC credit by the American College of Physicians. ACP members can claim free credit at  acponline.org/curbsiders (goes live at 9am on release date).

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Credits:

• Written by: Cyrus Askin MD
• CME questions by: Cyrus Askin MD
• Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD and Matthew Watto MD
• Hosts: Cyrus Askin MD, Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD
• Guest: Scott Matherly MD

Step up your primary care of cancer survivors with tips from Dr Regina Jacob, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Temple University. Care of the cancer patient does not end when their cancer treatment is over, and there is more to a past diagnosis of cancer than surveillance. We discuss cancer survivorship care with Dr. Regina Jacob, including the changing demographics of survivorship, the importance of survivorship care plans, and how survivorship is largely just good primary care.

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Credits:

• Written by: Paul Williams MD
• Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD, and Paul Williams MD
• Produced by: Paul Williams MD
• Edited by: Matthew Watto MD
• Guest: Regina Jacob MD 

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Disclaimer
• 00:35 Intro to the topic and guest bio
• 02:15 Guest one liner, book and app recommendations
• 06:58 Paul’s pick of the week.
• 07:40 Clinical case, definitions, and phases survivorship
• 12:36 Survivorship statistics
• 15:04 Co-survivorship
• 17:41 Care models for survivorship
• 20:56 Assigning roles in care of cancer survivors
• 22:59 Sample survivorship care plan
• 27:39 Childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship
• 34:18 Sexual dysfunction in cancer survivorship
• Turn down Watto and Regina tracks
• 35:56 Stressors in young adult cancer survivors
• 37:33 Fatigue
• 43:28 Guidelines on survivorship
• 45:06 Late cardiac toxicity
• 46:23 Support groups and resources
• 49:04 Take home points
• 50:29 Outro 

Knee pain is easy with practical tips from Orthopedist, medical educator, car-builder, and inventor extraordinaire Dr. Ted Parks. He teaches us the four buckets of knee pain, how to perform a 30-second knee exam, choose a knee brace, order x-rays, and the red flags to look for in a history and physical that should have you shouting for your closest neighborhood orthopedic surgeon. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the American College of Physicians. ACP members can claim free CME-MOC credit at  acponline.org/curbsiders. Check out our video of the Parks-Approved 30-second knee exam!

Credits:

• Written by: Nora Taranto BA, Matthew Watto MD
• Produced by: Chris Chiu MD and Nora Taranto BA
• Edited by: Matthew Watto MD.
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD.
• Guest: Ted Parks MD.  

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Keep current with this monthly journal club covering landmark articles through May 2018, plus rapid fire hot takes from the medical literature and health news. We rate each article according to a highly scientific ‘Hotcakes’ scale to highlight what practice-changing knowledge we’ll take to work this month. Topics: Hypertension, blood pressure monitoring, prostate cancer screening, Intimate Partner Violence screening, alcohol is killing you, new diabetes drugs and mortality, DPP-4 inhibitors and IBD risk, NT-proBNP-guided therapy vs usual care, effect of teaching status on mortality, and more! If you’re a listener and have something interesting for us to discuss, please send it our way.

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Credits:

• Written and produced by: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
• Hosts: Christopher J Chiu MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Matthew Watto MD
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Time Stamps: 

• 00:00 The Curbsiders need a web master
• 00:50 Disclaimer
• 01:25 Intro to the format
• 03:25 Ambulatory BP monitoring and mortality
• 09:08 Blood pressure treatment strategies: CVD risk score vs systolic BP targets
• 14:14 Repeated BP measurements important at office visits and future directions of BP management
• 21:25 Hot takes in order of appearance: Prostate cancer screening, intimate partner violence, alcohol, DPP4 inhibitors mortality and IBD, teaching status and mortality in US hospitals, 5 lifestyle factors that may add to life expectancy, NT pro-BNP, BNP and mortality
• 38:12 Outro