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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...
Approach to CRS and ICANS
This episode was written by Dr. Veronica Ramirez (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Kelly Davison (Hematology) and Dr. Blair Schwartz (General Internist and Intensivist). Infographic by Neeloufar Grami (medical student). Resources: ASH Summary
A Deep Dive into Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
Written by Dr. Zuhal Mohmand (Internal Medicine resident) and reviewed by Dr. Elizabeth Squirell (Gastroenterologist), Dr. Michelle Ricci (Gastroenterologist) and Dr. Heather Johnson (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Sapriya Birk (Medical Student)....
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Trial Files Throwback: Aspirin after TAVI, lack of benefit of sodium bicarbonate for severe metabolic acidaemia, beta-lactams alone for CAP
Join us on July 17th, 2025, from 12-1 pm for a free crash course on antibiotics and updates in the management of bacteremia. Speaker details: Dr. Mike Fralick is a Clinician Scientist who works in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie. He was a site lead for the recently...
Trial Files Throwback Thursday: Thoracentesis in Acute Heart Failure, Reldesemtiv in ALS and Effect of Flow Rates of High-Flow Nasal Cannula on Extubation Outcomes
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Trial Files Turns Two: Top 5 Trials Over the Past 2 Years
Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia Carson JL et al. NEJM (November 2023) Bottom Line: This phase 3 interventional trial compared a liberal transfusion strategy (hemoglobin cutoff, <10 g/dL) to a restrictive transfusion...