POEM of the Week Podcast

A podcast by Mark Ebell and Michael Wilkes

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167 Episodes

  1. Episode 595: Some patients are willing to consider delayed antibiotic treatment of respiratory tract infection

    Published: 1/10/2022
  2. Episode 594: Only one cerumenolytic assists with in-office manual disimpaction of ear wax

    Published: 1/3/2022
  3. Episode 593: Salt substitute reduces mortality and stroke in elderly patients who have a history of, or are at risk of, stroke

    Published: 12/27/2021
  4. Episode 592: Universal depression screening in primary care: 77% false positives

    Published: 12/20/2021
  5. Episode 591: Iron supplementation in infants living in countries with a high prevalence of anemia does not improve cognition or development

    Published: 12/13/2021
  6. Episode 590: Evidence of benefit is lacking for low back pain relief with muscle relaxants

    Published: 12/6/2021
  7. Episode 589: Every-other-year FIT is at least as effective as a single sigmoidoscopy to detect colorectal cancer

    Published: 11/29/2021
  8. Episode 588: Third Pfizer vaccine dose significantly increases protection against both mild and severe COVID-19 in patients 60 years+

    Published: 11/22/2021
  9. Episode 587: Guidelines for when to consider mortality-reducing treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes

    Published: 11/15/2021
  10. Episode 586: Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is effective

    Published: 11/8/2021
  11. Episode 585: High-frequency spinal cord stimulation improves pain in patients with refractory painful diabetic neuropathy

    Published: 11/1/2021
  12. Episode 584: AHA guideline for secondary stroke prevention

    Published: 10/25/2021
  13. Episode 583: Left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery for another reason reduces the risk of stroke (NNT = 43 over 4 years)

    Published: 10/18/2021
  14. Episode 582: Some nonpharmacological treatments may decrease migraine frequency in children and adolescents

    Published: 10/11/2021
  15. Episode 581: Ultrasound is accurate for diagnosing upper extremity fractures in children

    Published: 10/4/2021
  16. Episode 580: Routine MRI reports for low back pain may decrease function and worsen pain because of Catastrophizing language

    Published: 9/27/2021
  17. Episode 579: Dual antiplatelet therapy is superior to aspirin in preventing short-term recurrent stroke at the cost of more major bleeding

    Published: 9/20/2021
  18. Episode 578: Screening for ovarian cancer with CA-125/ultrasound algorithm does not reduce mortality (UKCTOCS)

    Published: 9/13/2021
  19. Episode 577: Anticonvulsants, SNRIs, and rubefacients are best initial choices for chronic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia

    Published: 9/6/2021
  20. Episode 576: Five days of antibiotic therapy is comparable with 10 days in children with community-acquired pneumonia (SAFER)

    Published: 8/30/2021

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Each week, Dr. Mark Ebell, POEMs Editor, joins Dr. Michael Wilkes, NPR correspondent and Vice-Dean of the UC-Davis Medical School, for a five minute discussion about an important recent medical study reviewed by the POEMs editors. POEMs provide synopsised reviews of studies that could affect a clinician's practice, and the discussion in this podcast provides additional depth and insight into the issue covered by the POEMs synopsis. More about POEMs and it's companion point-of-care search tool, Essential Evidence Plus, at www.essentialevidenceplus.com.