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

2) MAKING EVIDENCE MATTER for EVERYONE CONFERENCE
Vancouver
May 24/25, 2024
https://hectalks.com

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 57, we continue yet again with the topic of type 2 diabetes. In this podcast, we talk about monitoring HbA1C, self-monitoring of blood glucose and, diabetes education in general. We hear Jillian Popel suggest not only is self-monitoring of glucose not really useful when it comes to overall glucose control, it in fact might be harmful. We also discuss what we think diabetes education should really focus upon. Finally, after 56 episodes, Mike and James actually agree on an issue, but it was just that all complaints about any of the content in the podcasts should be sent directly to Jillian.

Show Notes

1) Self-monitoring of blood glucose ESMON

BMJ 2008;336:1174-7

DiGEM

BMJ 2008;336:1177-80

2) Calculating cardiovascular risk for type 2 diabetics

UKPDS risk engine

3) Diabetes education – Cochrane reviews

Individual patient education for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Group based training for self-management strategies in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus