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Ep70: Zeroing in on “the renal troponin”
After over a two decades of research, commercial assays now exist that can predict onset of acute kidney injury in at-risk patients. But many questions remains as whether these are specific enough to be useful at point of care, and whether we have the interventions to respond to the information they provide.
Ep29: Drug Interactions and Deprescribing
Drug-drug interactions might be responsible for a million hospitalisations in Australia every year. They have become more frequent over the decades, as more medications reach the market. More than half of people over the age of 75 are on five or more prescriptions—a state referred to as polypharmacy. This episode examines some of the systems that have led to current rates of polypharmacy, and some strategies for deprescribing. We also discuss a review from the Internal Medicine Journal on the common drug interactions physicians should be most concerned about.
Ep6: Antibiotic Resistance – Are We All Doomed?
In a new article on antibiotic resistance, Prof Peter Collignon says he is actually optimistic about the future. This episode is presented in partnership with the Internal Medicine Journal.
Ep4: Stem Cell Therapies Today
This month we’re presenting an overview of stem cell research—looking at ongoing clinical trials for stem cell therapy around the world, and the current treatments available in Australia and New Zealand.