The Rounds Table Dr. John Fralick and Dr. Michael Fralick

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In this throwback episode, John is joined by a special guest, Dr. Jason Zou – an Internal Medicine resident from the University of Calgary to do a rapid fire episode on 4 ID papers. Check it out below:

Is CRP helpful in guiding duration of antibiotics for uncomplicated gram negative bacteremia? (0:00 – 12:10)
Is antibiotic therapy an alternative to surgery for treatment of appendicitis? (12:10 – 19:09)
Assessing mortality according to duration of S. aureus bacteremia. (19:11 – 28:20)
Is oral vancomycin effective for preventing healthcare related C difficile infection? (28:20 – 37:05)

And for the good stuff:

A Bhangra dancer from the Yukon celebrating getting his COVID vaccine
A nice story about hockey and a kidney transplant

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We are back this week with the first episode in a special two part series. Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Yatin Chadha, a Radiologist at North York General Hospital and founder of the beyond MD podcast, to chat about physician financial literacy!

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Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!
We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!
This week, Drs. John and Mike Fralick discuss two recent papers about RSV vaccination in the elderly and utilizing electronic nudges to increase influenza vaccination uptake. Two papers, here we go!



Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine in Older Adults (0:00 – 10:00).


Electronic nudges to increase influenza vaccination uptake in Denmark: a nationwide, pragmatic, registry-based, randomised implementation trial (10:00 – 18:06).


And for the Good Stuff:


March Madness (18:06 – 18:38).

Rheumatology for the Royal College Podcast (18:38 – 19:20).


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Welcome back Rounds Table listeners!

We are returning with a throwback!

In this repeat episode, Mike and John do a Rapid Fire session on recent papers exploring the addition of LAMAs in asthma management and treatment durations for UTIs in men. Here we go!

Does adding a long-acting muscarinic antagonist to inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists improve outcomes among individuals with moderate to severe persistent asthma?
Is 7 days vs 14 days non-inferior to treat urinary tract infections in afebrile men?

And for the good stuff:

Olympic cheer for two high jumping friends who were both awarded gold
A video of Teslas avoiding accidents

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!

We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Justin Boyle sits down with Dr. Tony Bai, an Infectious Disease physician at Queen’s University, to chat about high-yield tips in treating S. aureus bacteremia and some exciting upcoming research in this area!

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!
We are back today with a special episode!
This week, Dr. John Fralick sits down with Dr. Mike Fralick to chat about a project he recently published in NEJM Evidence entitled, “Detection of Covid-19 Outbreaks Using Built Environment Testing for SARS-CoV-2” - a study designed to explore how to best surveil for COVID-19 in congregate living settings!
Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable