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Last Week in Medicine

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Wouldn't it be nice if someone reviewed all the latest internal medicine literature and distilled it into a 20 minute, weekly podcast? Get updates from the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Network, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Lancet and more.

Empagliflozin for HFpEF, Antibiotic Duration for UTIs in Men, Targeted Temperature after Cardiac Arrest, Normal Saline vs Balanced Solution in ICU Patients, Baricitinib and Therapeutic Anticoagulation for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

September 30, 2021

We're back after a nice relaxing summer taking care of a surge of COVID-19 patients. To start off season 3 we decided to do a rapid review of so...

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Antibiotic Duration for Prosthetic Joint Infections, Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines, Hospital Observation after ACS Ruled Out in ED, Morning Discharges, Personalized Steroid Regimen for COPD Exacerbation

June 3, 2021

Today is our season 2 finale, and we have a master class on prosthetic joint infections from Dr. Laura Certain. Is 6 weeks as good as 12 weeks for pr...

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Antibiotic Delay Intervals and Hospital Mortality for Patients with Suspected Sepsis, Guidelines for High Flow Nasal Oxygen and Point of Care Ultrasound for Acute Dyspnea, Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients

May 13, 2021

How long can you delay antibiotics in patients with suspected sepsis before the risk of hospital mortality increases? What proportion of patients wit...

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Hospital at Home for Geriatric Patients, RAAS Inhibition and Pulmonary Hypertension, Vaccine Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT)

April 28, 2021

Today we have special guest Dr. Natalie Como to talk about Hospital at Home and what it's like to practice hospital medicine at a rural critical ...

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Three Days of Antibiotics for Pneumonia, IV Contrast and Kidney Function, DOACs for Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

April 8, 2021

Today we are joined by heavy hitter Dr. Brian Locke to talk about the new paper on 3 vs 8 days of antibiotics for pneumonia, a clever new paper lookin...

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Weekly Semaglutide for Weight Loss (STEP 1, 2 and 3 Trials), 4PEPS Rule for Pulmonary Embolism, Nafcillin vs Cefazolin for Epidural Abscess, Ferritin/Procalcitonin Ratio for COVID19, Intermediate Thromboprophylaxis for COVID19

March 24, 2021

Today we are doing double duty: podcasting and parenting. Fortunately our babies were well-behaved. We talk about three trials for semaglutide and w...

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Albumin Infusion for Decompensated Cirrhosis (ATTIRE trial), Terlipressin for Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome (CONFIRM trial)

March 11, 2021

Today has a nice liver disease theme. Does targeting a serum albumin above 3 g/dL reduce death, infections and kidney failure in patients with decomp...

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IL-6 Receptor Antagonists Reduce Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients (REMAP-CAP, RECOVERY), Convalescent Plasma Fails to Improve Mortality

March 4, 2021

Today I am joined by Infectious Disease expert Dr. Emily Spivak to talk about the latest batch of tocilizumab trials for COVID-19 and a meta-analysis ...

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Gender-Based Discrimination and Harassment Among Hospitalists, Educational Resource Utilization in Internal Medicine Residents, Transfusion Thresholds for ACS, DOACs for VTE prevention in CKD

February 18, 2021

Today we have special guests Dr. Emily Signor and Dr. Amanda Breviu, two hospitalists, to talk about a survey published in JHM on gender-based discrim...

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Early Ablation vs Medications for Atrial Fibrillation (STOP-AF First, EARLY-AF), ACEi and ARBs in COVID-19, IV vs Oral Antibiotics for Appendicitis, Rifaximin after TIPS, Low vs High Oxygen Targets

February 4, 2021

Today we have a special guest, Dr. Jared Bunch, an international expert in atrial fibrillation and ablation, to talk about the state of atrial fibrill...

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