#23 Journal Round Up November '20// NASH + STATINS + BEREAVEMENT & STROKE + DKA + MORE

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Trying to keep up with the general medicine literature but, in an environmentally friendly frenzy, you’ve used up all your shiny BMJs as wrapping paper?

Your ears are in the right place.

In this episode, Jon and Barney are joined by Alvin and Camille, and together we wade through the murky medical literature so you don't have to.
1) Blockbuster trial of the month: Semaglutide - the saviour of NASH? (04:40)
2) Bereavement and stroke - what is the link? (08:05)
3) Combo pill may, or may not, save us all (10:40)
4) Topic of the month: Statins in the elderly. Maybe the elderly benefit more than we think, and those side effects aren't as significant as your patient thinks... (13:10)
5) Which crystalloid in DKA? There can only be one winner. (19:00)
6) What's the link between sarcopenia and orthostatic hypotension? (21:18)
7) Natural remedies which might actually work in UC (24:05)
8) Inotropic drugs which could save lives in HFrEF (27:22)
9) Why you should check Vit D in your asthmatics (30:25)
10) Anticholinergic drugs and dementia risk (33:15)
11) A Case Study of ST elevation in a young patient (36:16)
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