February 20th, 2009
Podcast 31: Making your clinical life easier — with genetics. Dr. Julie Johnson talks about using a patient’s genetic profile to help set their initial warfarin dose more accurately. You got a problem with that?
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Starting a patient on warfarin is nobody’s idea of a good time, but pharmacogenetic research can help. A study in this week’s NEJM shows the advantage of using genetic information (plus some clinical data) over the old “start at 5 mg a day and pray for success” approach. We talk with Julie Johnson of the University of Florida about the study.
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Moderator ought to make questions sharper.
He should speak more clearly-there is a lisp-like overtone to his voice that prevents hearing the higher vocals.
Emphasize the controversies rather than the main message i.e. examine the editorial in this context.