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In episode 573, James and Mike invite Jamie Falk back to the podcast to help us simplify all the evidence around using antipsychotics for difficult to treat depression. They do seem to “work”, but you really need to know the numbers around what “work” means. At the end of the podcast, you will!

Show notes
1) Tools for Practice
Overcoming Resistance: Antipsychotics for difficult to treat depression

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May 24/25, 2024

In episode 572, James and Mike invite Samantha Moe back to the podcast to go over the evidence around the safety and effectiveness of the monoclonal antibodies used to reduce the risk of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants. We go over all the numbers for hospitalizations and death so you can make evidence-informed decisions.

Show Notes
1) Tools for Practice
Preventing RSV Infections in Infants

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May 24/25, 2024
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In this episode, Mike and Jess discuss Farrah Lo who has been feeling tired. She is coming in to follow up on bloodwork.

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The ‘In the Clinic’ podcast series discusses a new patient case in each episode. Join family physicians Dr. Mike Allan, Dr. Jess Kirkwood and the gang to resolve the patient’s chief complaint. With practical tips and best available evidence, each podcast highlights the challenges that arise from diagnosis to management. Don’t miss this engaging podcast series brought to you by the College of Family Physicians of Canada!

In this episode, Mike and Jess discuss Charlotte McLeod who has high sugars but is reluctant to take medication.

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The ‘In the Clinic’ podcast series discusses a new patient case in each episode. Join family physicians Dr. Mike Allan, Dr. Jess Kirkwood and the gang to resolve the patient’s chief complaint. With practical tips and best available evidence, each podcast highlights the challenges that arise from diagnosis to management. Don’t miss this engaging podcast series brought to you by the College of Family Physicians of Canada!

In episode 571, James and Mike talk about 2 new papers – we learn what antibiotics we can use for community-acquired pneumonia and we also talk about the prevalence and management of dyslipidemia in Canadian primary care practices and find out who has this problem and who gets treated.

Show Notes

Identifying the Best Initial Oral Antibiotics for Adults with Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: A Network Meta‐Analysis
J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb 15.doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08674-1.

Prevalence and management of dyslipidemia in primary care practices in Canada
Can Fam Physician. 2024 Mar;70(3):187-196.doi: 10.46747/cfp.7003187

In episode 570, James and Mike finish their trilogy on statistics. We take what we discussed in the previous podcasts and go through a couple of examples that will hopefully solidify what all the terms and numbers really mean.

Show Notes

1) Sensible Medicine
Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly simple

2) Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance
PLoS Biol 2022: e3001562. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001562

In episode 569, James and Mike continue to go over what statistics really show – we focus on what inferential statistics can and cannot do, what a p value means and more importantly what it doesn’t mean. And yes we try to keep all this stat stuff on a realistic and practical level – easier said than done.

Show Notes
Sensible Medicine
Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly simple

In episode 568, James and Mike go over what statistics really show – and importantly what they don’t show. We go over the terms and nuances and hopefully put them all into a simple context. Statistics are not just in medicine – they are in much of what you do every day – so you really do need to understand them.

Show Notes
Sensible Medicine
Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly simple

In episode 567, Mike and James revisit the old topic of industry influence on health care providers. We go over the issues, the nuances and some of the latest evidence around the interactions, the influence, and patient perceptions.

Show Notes

1)Industry Evidence Handout

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May 24/25, 2024

In episode 566, Mike and James invite Émélie back yet again to the podcast and the topic is the balance of benefits to harms of using corticosteroids in adults or children for atopic dermatitis. We come to the realization, as always, that how to use topical corticosteroids is based on knowing the best available evidence and then using lots of common sense – we give you all of that in just 30 minutes.

Show notes

Tools for Practice
Topical corticosteroids for atopic dermatitis – More than skin deep

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May 24/25, 2024