October 1st, 2010
Podcast 103: eGFR and cardiovascular risk assessment
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Welcome back. We take a look this week at a study from Iceland that looks at whether estimated glomerular filtration rates have a role in estimating cardiovascular risk. Our interview is with Cambridge University’s Dr. Emanuele Di Angelantonio.
Your comments are welcome, both here and to my email address: jelia@jwatch.org.
Interview-related links:
- BMJ study (free)
- BMJ meta-analysis (free)
- BMJ editorial (subscription needed)
News-related links:
- ADHD story in Physician’s First Watch
- Archives of Disease in Childhood (abstract)
- MMWR (free)
- Annals of Family Medicine (free full text)
September 26th, 2010
Podcast 102: Short compression stockings would seem to have no further role clinically.
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Prof. Martin Dennis chats with us about his latest trial, comparing the utility of thigh- versus below-knee-length stockings for patients immobilized after stroke. The latest results show the superiority of thigh-length stockings, but at the further risk of skin breaks in these vulnerable patients. Taken together with the results of his earlier work, at the very least the use of below-knee-length compression stockings — now widely used in patients undergoing surgery — must be called into question.
Interview-related links:
- Clinical Conversation’s earlier interview with Prof. Dennis.
- Full text of the latest trial in Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
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August 20th, 2010
Podcast 98: Leafy green vegetables apparently lower one’s risks for type 2 diabetes
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Our interview this week is with a research nutritionist whose BMJ meta-analysis found a 14% reduction in risk for type 2 diabetes among those with the highest intake (versus those with the lowest) of leafy green vegetables. It’s a meta-analysis, and not a randomized controlled trial, and it’s interesting. Listen in.
We’re off next week, so I’ll see you again in early September.
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