antibiotics

Episode 154: Using antibiotics - how to stop being damned if you do, damned if you don't

Submitted by JPM on Mon, 2012-01-23 10:36

In episode 154, Mike and James discuss the whole issue of why we use antibiotics. We discuss patient preferences, the use of delayed antibiotics, diagnostic uncertainty and at the end of the podcast we realise that the whole thing is tricky and so we give tips and tricks for how to deal with all the confusion.

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Episode 147: Definitively vague questions with vaguely definitive answers

Submitted by JPM on Wed, 2011-11-23 09:50

In episode 147, Mike and James cover the issue of humor in teaching, put drugectomies in LTC facilities into perspective, discuss the use of antibiotics in COPD, and finally contextualize bisphophonates and estrogen for fracture reduction. At the end they agree that the 30 minutes of podcast excellence should leave the audience laughing and crying but not for the right reasons. Read more »

Episode 126: Questions from near and far and answers from way out - Part II

Submitted by JPM on Mon, 2011-05-16 09:28

In episode 126, James and Mike discuss how to do a drugectomy and why one needs to consider evidence, efficacy, side effects, cost, patient preference and that as clinicians we need to do many "n of 1" trials. We then discuss the concerns around dabigatran and what to do about bleeding on this agent and why the FDA made the 150 mg dose the chosen one. Read more »

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