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The Internist’s Guide to Pacemakers
Host: Dr. Matthew Fuda Special Guest: Dr. Karen Konieczny (Cardiologist, Electrophysiologist) Producers: Drs. Valerie Kim and Matthew Fuda Sound editing: Dr. Alison Lai Guidelines: 1. 2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With...
Pacemaker Indications
Written by Dr. Alyssa Chow (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Steve Montague (General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Aws Almufleh (Cardiology). Infographic Alyssa Chow and Sapirya Birk (Medical Student). Resources: 1. AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice...
ECMO Essentials
Written by: Dr. Pavan Malhi (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Liang Chen (General Internist & Critical Care Medicine Fellow) & Dr. Jed Lipes (Intensivist, General Internist) Resources: EOLIA Trial ELSO Guidelines
An Approach to Falls
Written by Dr. Annabel Chan (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Sudeep Gill (Geriatric Medicine) and Dr. Marie Leung (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Julia Simone (Medical Student). Resources: USPTS Guidelines- Falls Prevention Clinical...
Chronic Complications of Diabetes
Written by: Dr. Nour Marafie, Internal Medicine Resident Reviewed by: Dr. Melissa-Rosina Pasqua, endocrinologist and Dr. Jennifer Wright, general internal medicine Infographic by: Neeloufar Grami Resources: ADVANCE Trial DAPA-CKD
Chronic Pain
Written by: Dr. Lakindu Somaweera (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Hasitha Welihinda (Palliative Care Specialist) and Dr. Lindsay Anderson (General Internist) Infographic by: Meera Chopra Resources: SPACE trial Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic...
CSIM Special Episode- Serotonin surprises: a less-known drug interaction leading to an unusual presentation
Dr. John Fralick sits down with Dr. Nicole Hawe, a first-year Internal Medicine resident at the University of British Columbia, to discuss her third place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.
CSIM Special Episode- The GI Bleed You Can’t (Un)See
Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos sits down with Nick Sanchez (MD student) to discuss his second place winning clinical vignette from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024.
CSIM Special Episode- When the Brain Gets the Jitters: A Curious Case of Hemichorea
Dr. Zahra Merali (Host) sits down with Dr. Shaima Kaka (Internal Medicine resident) to discuss her first place winning clinical vignette (oral case report) from the Canadian Conference of Medicine Annual Meeting 2024. Resources: Diabetic Striatopathy: An Updated...
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Trial Files Throwback: Why don’t we target a hemoglobin of 130 g/L in CKD? Why don’t we do Swans anymore? And how long should we monitor for afib post cryptogenic stroke?!
Join us on November 5th, 2025, from 4-5 pm for a free crash course on acute kidney injury. Speaker details: Dr. Mike Fralick is a Clinician Scientist who works in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie. LINK TO FACEBOOK EVENT DIRECT REGISTRATION LINK Why is targeting a...
Trial Files Guidelines Edition: KDIGO 2024 Evaluation and Management of CKD
These guidelines were published in 2024 and span nearly 200 pages. LINK TO GUIDELINES Top 3 Take Home Points Risk-based care is central. Use eGFR and albuminuria for staging CKD— this combination predicts outcomes better than either alone. This dual approach enables...
ESC 2025 Special Edition: Extended Treatment of Apix for Provoked VTE, RSV Vaccine to Prevent Hospitalization,& Digitoxin for HFrEF
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Conference took place Aug 29 to Sep 1, 2025, and had multiple practice changing RCTs. This issue will showcase 3 important new publications. Should patients with provoked VTE receive more than 3 months of apixaban? Apixaban for...