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Ep154: Delabelling penicillin allergy FAST
Over 10% of adult patients are marked in the record as being allergic to penicillins but the majority of these labels are applied inaccurately or have become outdated over time. PEN-FAST is a decision tool that helps identify patients safe for direct oral challenge and delabelling.
REWIND<< Drug Interactions and deprescribing
Adverse drug events cause about 1-3% per cent of admissions to public hospitals. They have become more frequent over the decades as older people are prescribed multiple guideline-recommended drug combinations.
[IMJ On-Air] DKA and insulin infusion protocols
There’s some variability in the way DKA is managed between Australian hospitals and the potential for added cognitive load on health practitioners moving between them. Is there enough evidence to settle on a consistent insulin infusion protocols?
Ep131: The semantics of CPR
In this podcast we discuss some low-value care that has come about from semantic decay in the specificity of the terms “cardiac arrest” and “cardiopulmonary resuscitation”.
Ep102: Staying on script with semaglutide
Semaglutide has proven effectiveness for glycaemic control and weight loss as well as predictable benefits for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But the unprecedented demand from the wider population has posed a problem for regulators and prescribers.
Ep99: When AI goes wrong
Uncertainty around the medicolegal aspects of AI-assisted care is of the main reasons that practitioners report discomfort about the use of this technology. It's a question that hasn’t been well tested in the courts but there is evidence about the types of adverse events that result.
Ep97: The governance of AI
The inexplainability of deep learning models creates discomfort for some clinicians and regulators. But AI-based clinical interventions can still be tested to the standards of evidence-based medicine we are accustomed to.
Ep96: The ergonomics of AI
AI-assisted medicine can help overcome some of the natural limits of human cognition. But it all depends on how seamlessly the machine learning devices fit in with decision-making in the clinical workflow.