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The Rounds Table

Dr. John Fralick and Dr. Michael Fralick

The Rounds Table is a free recurring medical podcast covering the latest and most important research from major medical journals. It is intended for all practicing healthcare professionals and aims to to help them keep up to date in the care of their patients.

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Episode 122 - Opioids vs. Non-Opioids for Chronic...

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2025/06/12

Send us a text Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we're introducing a new format—the first episode in our Trial Files series, where we provide an overview of a recent Trial Files issue. This week, Dr. Mike Fralick discusses three trials included in a recent throwback issue: opioids versus non-opioids for chronic pain; IV albumin for renal impairment and mortality; and omeprazole before endoscopy in patients with GI bleed. Three trials, 9 minutes, here we go! 1. Effect of Opioid vs Non...

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Episode 118 - Lorundrostat for Uncontrolled Hypertension

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2025/05/15

Send us a text Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial exploring the safety and efficacy of lorundrostat (an aldosterone synthase inhibitor) in treatment of uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension. Here we go! Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension (0:00 – 7:02).The Good Stuff: Trial Files, a free monthly newsletter on practice-changing tr...

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Episode 117 - Brensocatib for Bronchiectasis and...

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2025/05/08

Send us a text Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast. This week, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and our Medicine Pods collaboration discuss two recent papers: the use of brensocatib (a DPP-1 inhibitor) to treat bronchiectasis, and the effect of alteplase administered 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke in patients with mild posterior circulation stroke who did not receive thrombectomy. ...

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11:23

Episode 115 - Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and...

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2025/04/24

Send us a text Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial exploring the role of tirzepatide in weight reduction and diabetes prevention in persons with obesity. Here we go! Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention (0:00 – 10:24).The Good Stuff: We've launched qMonthly, a monthly blog highlighting headliners and hidden gem trials published each month. Check it out here!&nb...

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Episode 113 - Vitamin D in Clinically Isolated...

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2025/04/10

Send us a text Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial exploring the role of high-dose Vitamin D therapy in reducing disease activity in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) typical of multiple sclerosis (MS). Here we go! High-Dose Vitamin D in Clinically Isolated Syndrome Typical of Multiple Sclerosis: The D-Lay MS Trial (0:00 – 7:35).Announcements (7:36 – 9:15): Canadian ...

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Episode 107 - Point-of-Care Diabetes Management in...

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2025/02/20

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - the role of continuous glucose monitoring for diabetes management in hospital and the benefit of tirzepatide in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity. Two papers, here we go! Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity (0:00 – 11:26).DIATEC: A Randomized Controlled Trial (...

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Episode 106 - Screening for Diabetes and Dyslipidemia...

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2025/02/19

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Amy Yu, a Stroke Neurologist, Clinician-Scientist, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Hospital, to chat about her hot-off-the press publication - Population-Level Screening for Diabetes and Dyslipidemia After Pregnancies Complicated by Hypertension or Diabetes! Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @ro...

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Episode 105 - Intravenous Thrombolysis in Minor...

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2025/02/13

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick! This week, he will discuss a paper exploring the role of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in patients with minor ischemic stroke and intracranial vessel occlusion. Here we go! Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial (0:00 – 6:18).And for the Good Stuff: Trial Files (6:18 – 7:59).Questions?...

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Episode 104 - Treatment of Severe Behçet's Syndrome

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2025/02/06

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick! This week, he will discuss a paper exploring infliximab versus cyclophosphamide for the treatment of severe Behçet's Syndrome. Here we go! Infliximab versus Cyclophosphamide for Severe Behçet's Syndrome (0:00 – 5:15).And for the Good Stuff: Bob Ross and Painting (5:15 – 6:28).Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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24:43

Episode 103 - Antiplatelets in the Perioperative...

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2025/01/31

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers - whether aspirin should be held in patients with stable coronary artery disease and drug-eluting stents and the role of semaglutide in patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Two papers, here we go!Aspirin Monotherapy vs. No Antiplatelet Therapy in Stable Patients With Coronary Stents Undergoing Low-to-Intermediate Risk Noncardiac Su...

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35:52

CSIM Special Episode - The GI Bleed You Can't (Un)See

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2025/01/15

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. Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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Episode 101 - The Stop or Not Trial

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2025/01/11

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick!This week, he will discuss a paper exploring whether Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors should be held before major non-cardiac surgery. Here we go!Continuation versus Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Non-Cardiac Surgery: The Stop-or-Not Randomized Clinical Trial (0:00 – 6:16).And for the Good Stuff:"Tweetorials" by Tony Breu (6:16 – 7:11).Questions? Comments? Fe...

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14:57

CSIM Special Episode - When the Brain Gets the...

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2025/01/06

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 OverviewQuestions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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Episode 100 - Conflicts of Interest in Peer Reviewing

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2025/01/03

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. David-Dan Nguyen, a Urology Resident at the University of Toronto, to chat about his recent study, "Payments by Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers to US Peer Reviewers of Major Medical Journals", that has been recently published in JAMA.Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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Episode 99 - The Top Five Papers of 2024

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2024/12/19

Happy Holidays Rounds Table Listeners! For our penultimate episode of 2024, we are back with a special treat! This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick chat about the top five RCTs published over the past year:Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (0:00 – 3:40).Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity (3:40 – 9:00).Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (9:00 – 13:55).Tirzepatide for Me...

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Episode 98 - Perioperative Medicine with Dr. Kevin Venus

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2024/12/13

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Kevin Venus, a General Internist at Toronto Western Hospital, to chat about perioperative medicine!Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

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24:39

Episode 97 - Sodium in Hypertension and...

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2024/12/06

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast!This week, Drs. Justin Boyle and Emily Hughes discuss two recent papers - the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure and the role of decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection. Two papers, here we go!Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure (0:00 – 10:05).Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalization (10:05 – 20:45).And for the Good Stuff:What Do Trainees Want? ...

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Episode 94 - Top Papers from the 2024 European...

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2024/10/31

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners!We are back today with a special Rapid Fire Podcast!This week, Drs. Mike Fralick and Justin Boyle discuss top papers from the 2024 European of Society of Cardiology Congress. Here we go!Edoxaban Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (0:00 – 9:25).Beta-Blocker Interruption or Continuation after Myocardial Infarction (9:25 – 13:52).Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction (13:52...

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CSIM - Top Papers of the Year 2024 Live Episode

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2024/10/25

Take a listen to our live recording of The Canadian Conference of Internal Medicine Top papers of the year 2024 session! We talk about recent studies involving alzheimer's dementia, community acquired pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, MASLD and long covid. Host: Dr. Zahra Merali, Expert: Dr. Rajender Hanmiah. Check out www.medicinepods.com for a live video recording. You can also see a link to each paper there. Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you! @roundstable @I...

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CSIM Special Episode - Internists Can Help the Planet...

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2024/10/15

Up to 30% of all healthcare offers no clinical value to patients. Reducing this care has the co-benefit of decreasing healthcare's carbon footprint. In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Billy Silverstein @WKSilverstein (General Internist, University of Toronto) and Dr. Owen Luv @OwenLuo5 (Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University) to discuss 4 of the Choosing Wisely Canada’s climate-conscious recommendations (https://choosingwiselycanada.org/climat...

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