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Brief Cases

Clinical Brief Cases are a method to present the most recent evidence in a clinically applicable way. A case is used to set the clinical context, identify possible knowledge gaps using the standard multiple choice format, and then present the answer from the most recent evidence. For those interested, critical appraised summaries of articles are available for most and provided as supplemental reading.

New Brief Cases are added on the second and forth Fridays of each month.

Topic	Title	Download
Alternative Therapies	Honey! Bring me the Medicine Intervention/Theme: Honey vs Dextromethophan vs Placebo	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 32 sec) Vodcast (4 min 10 sec)
Cardiovascular	ACE plus ARB Intervention/Theme: Renal Outcomes with ACE and/or ARB	Brief (PDF) Podcast ( 6 min 25 sec) Vodcast (6 min 25 sec)
	A fib Anti-coagulation: The Risk Benefit Nightmare Intervention/Theme: Clopidogrel New	Brief (PDF) Podcast (8 min 39 sec) Vodcast (8 min 39 sec)
	Angiotensin Pathway: Double the Pleasure? Intervention/Theme: ACE or ARB or both for patients high CVD risk	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min) Vodcast (6 min 20 sec)
	Atenolol: The Benefits Intervention/Theme: Atenolol in Primary Hypertension	Brief (PDF) Podcast (9 min 31 sec) Vodcast (9 min 31 sec)
	Life Unperdictable? Medicate! New Intervention/Theme: CRP testing & Statin treatment (Jupiter)	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 28 sec) Vodcast (7 min 28sec)
	My Cholesterol is low, I'm safe Intervention/Theme: Simvastatin vs. Simvastatin + Ezetimibe	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 7 sec) Vodcast (3 min 7 sec)
	NSAIDS: The Adverse Event Rainbow Intervention/Theme: Managing NSAID risks	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 9 sec)
	PPIs and Clopidogrel Intervention/Theme: Clopidogrel + PPI	Brief (PDF) Podcast (13 min 40 sec) Vodcast (13 min 40 sec)
Care of the Elderly	Never Too Old for Drugs? Intervention/Theme: Treating BP (diuretic +/- ACE) in pts≥80	Brief (PDF) Podcast (5 min 28 sec) Vodcast (5 min 28 sec)
Emergency	Mr. I.P. Painfully Intervention/Theme: Drugs to Pass Urinary Stones: UPDATE	Brief (PDF) Podcast ( 7 min 7 sec) Vodcast (7 min 7 sec)
Endocrinology	Complex Regimes and Insulin for Dummies Intervention/Theme: Insulin regimes in Type 2 Diabetics	Brief (PDF) Podcast (8 min 42 Sec) Vodcast (8 min 42 sec)
	Diabetes: Ain’t Life Sweet Intervention/Theme: Aggressive Targets x 5	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 41 Sec) Vodcast (4 min 20 sec)
	Gestational Diabetes Intervention/Theme: Metformin vs Insulin	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 23 sec) Vodcast (4 min 23 sec)
	Intense Sugar Control: A bitter pill? Intervention/Theme: ADVANCE & ACCORD: Low HgbA1c Targets	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 51 sec) Vodcast (8 min 12 sec)
	Insulin and Family Practitoners New Intervention/Theme: Family Physicians initiating insulin	Brief (PDF) Podcast (5 min 10sec) Vodcast (5 min 10 sec)
	Living Sugar Free Intervention/Theme: Aggressive reduction of HgbA1C	Brief (PDF) Podcast (5 min 42 sec) Vodcast (6 min 2 sec)
Gastroenterology	Holding your Cookies… Intervention/Theme: Ondansetron	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 30 sec) Vodcast (5 min 9 sec)
	NSAIDS: The Adverse Event Rainbow Intervention/Theme: Managing NSAID risks	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 9 sec)
General Health	Diet: Kids in a Candy Store Intervention/Theme: Medeiterranean vs. Low Fat vs. Low Carb diets	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 30 sec) Vodcast (8 min 10 sec)
	Free Advice: Value for Money? Intervention/Theme: 10 tips for weight loss	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 49 sec)
	Smoke Screen or Really Better? Intervention/Theme: Patch vs Varenicline	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 49 sec)
Infection	Heart of the Matter Intervention/Theme: Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditi: Guidelines	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 34 sec) Vodcast ( 7 min 34 sec)
	Honey! Bring me the Medicine Intervention/Theme: Honey vs Dextromethophan vs Placebo	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 32 sec) Vodcast ( 4 min 10 sec)
Musculoskeletal (Ortho)	Fractures and Evil NSAIDs Intervention/Theme: Do NSAIDS impair Fracture Healing	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 45 sec) Vodcast (3 min 45 sec)
	Mr. I. Payformri Intervention/Theme:MRI and questionnaire	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 17 sec) Vodcast (6 min 17 sec)
	NSAIDS: The Adverse Event Rainbow Intervention/Theme: Managing NSAID risks	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 9 sec)
	Sore Sholder? Bend Over! Intervention/Theme:Steroid injection, radiologic guided or not	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 35 sec) Vodcast (4 min 35 sec)
	What if they say, "What if" Intervention/Theme: Back Imaging (X-ray + MRI/CT)	Brief (PDF) Podcast (5 min 58 sec) Vodcast (6 min 38 sec)
Pediatrics	Holding your Cookies… Intervention/Theme: Ondansetron	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 30 sec) Vodcast (4 min 30 sec)
	Honey! Bring me the Medicine Intervention/Theme: Honey vs Dextromethophan vs Placebo	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 32 sec) Vodcast (4 min 10 sec)
	Lil’ Johnny Can’t Breath…but don’t give him that med that makes him ‘crazy’ Intervention/Theme: oral steroids: 3 day course vs. 5 day course	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 18 sec) Vodcast (6 min 59 sec)
Pulmonary	COPD: Help, Harm or Hype Intervention/Theme: Tiotropium in COPD	Brief (PDF) Podcast (8 min 20 sec) Vodcast (9 min 38 sec)
	Feeling Better or Being Better? New Intervention/Theme: Long Acting Beta Agonist Safety	Brief (PDF) Podcast (8 min 13 sec) Vodcast (8 min 13 sec)
	Honey! Bring me the Medicine Intervention/Theme: Honey vs Dextromethophan vs Placebo	Brief (PDF) Podcast (3 min 32 sec) Vodcast (4 min 10 sec)
	Lil’ Johnny Can’t Breath…but don’t give him that med that makes him ‘crazy’ Intervention/Theme: Oral steroids: 3 day course vs. 5 day course	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 18 sec) Vodcast (6 min 59 sec)
	My Asthma is Bad, How about a PPI? Intervention/Theme: proton pump inhibitor	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 18 sec) Vodcast (6 min 59 sec)
Psychiatry	Never Too Old for Drugs? Intervention/Theme: Treating BP (diuretic +/- ACE) in pts≥80	Brief (PDF) Podcast (5 min 28 sec) Vodcast (5 min 28 sec)
	Smoke Screen or Really Better? Intervention/Theme: Patch vs Varenicline	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 9 sec) Vodcast (7 min 49 sec)
	Which Antidepressants? I give my patients the best Intervention/Theme: Second Generation Antidepressants	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 38 sec) Vodcast (6 min 38 sec)
Surgery	Mr. I.P. Painfully Intervention/Theme:Drugs to Pass Urinary Stones: UPDATE	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 7 sec) Vodcast (7 min 7 sec)
	Pain in the Butt: Fissures Therapies Intervention/Theme:Topical Nitro & Ca blockers	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 5 sec) Vodcast (4 min 5 sec)
Urology-Nephrology	ACE plus ARB Intervention/Theme: Renal Outcomes with ACE and/or ARB	Brief (PDF) Podcast (6 min 25 sec) Vodcast (6 min 25 sec)
	Mr. I.P. Painfully Intervention/Theme:Drugs to Pass Urinary Stones: UPDATE	Brief (PDF) Podcast (7 min 7 sec) Vodcast (7 min 7 sec)
Women's Health (Obs & Gyn)	Gestational Diabetes Intervention/Theme: Metformin vs Insulin	Brief (PDF) Podcast (4 min 23 sec) Vodcast 4( min 23 sec)

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