Interview with Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, author of Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances, and Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD, author of Making Surgical Complications Pay

Interview with Koon Teo, MB, PhD, author of Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study

Interview with Jakob Christensen, PhD, author of Prenatal Valproate Exposure and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Childhood Autism

Interview with Christopher O'Connor, MD, author of Effect of Escitalopram on Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia: Results of the REMIT Trial

Interview with Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, author of Effect of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing by Primary Care Pediatricians: A Randomized Trial

Interview with Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH, author of Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Procedure Use Among Medicare Fee-for-Service vs Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

Interview with Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil, author of The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

Interview with Christian Torp-Pedersen, MD, DSc, author of Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH, FRCPC, author of Association Between Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Michael Ho, MD, PhD, author of Association of Testosterone Therapy With Mortality, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke in Men With Low Testosterone Levels

Interview with Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, author of Effect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, author of Calcium Density of Coronary Artery Plaque and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events

Interview with Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, author of Associations of Housing Mobility Interventions for Children in High-Poverty Neighborhoods With Subsequent Mental Disorders During Adolescence

Interview with Juan Jesús Carrero, PhD(Pharm and Med), author of Warfarin, Kidney Dysfunction, and Outcomes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Interview with Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc, author of Association of Azithromycin With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Older Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia

Interview with Rupert M. Pearse, MD, author of Effect of a Perioperative, Cardiac Output-Guided Hemodynamic Therapy Algorithm on Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Systematic Review

Interview with Christianne L. Roumie, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Intensification of Metformin Treatment With Insulin vs Sulfonylureas and Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes

Interview with Mads E. Jørgensen, MB, author of Time Elapsed After Ischemic Stroke and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery

Interview with Irfan A. Dhalla, MD, MSc, author of Effect of a Postdischarge Virtual Ward on Readmission or Death for High-Risk Patients

Interview with Frank M. Sacks, MD, author of Effects of High vs Low Glycemic Index of Dietary Carbohydrate on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Insulin Sensitivity

Interview with Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, author of Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens

Interview with Carolina Malta Hansen, MD, author of Association of Bystander and First-Responder Intervention With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina, 2010-2013

Edward H. Livingston, MD, interviews a war veteran and discusses PTSD with Maria Steenkamp, PhD, author of Psychotherapy for Military-Related PTSD, and Michele Spoont, PhD, author of Rational Clinical Exam: Does This Patient Have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? The article by Dr Steenkamp reports that many military personnel and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder achieve clinically meaningful improvement with use of the first-line trauma-focused interventions cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure.
 The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review by Dr Spoont examines the utility of self-report screening instruments for posttraumatic stress disorder among primary care and high-risk populations.

Interview with Bridget A. Fernandez, MD, author of Molecular Diagnostic Yield of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis and Whole-Exome Sequencing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Adi Nadimpalli, MD, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Mission in Nepal, and the former vice president of the US board of directors, talks about MSF’s mission and the challenges he has faced serving in countries where access to health care is insufficient or strained due to natural or manmade disasters, violent conflicts, epidemics, and population displacement.

Interview with Timothy Fendler, MD, MS, author of Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status With Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with David C. Grossman, MD, MPH, author of Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Douglas B. White, MD, MAS, author of Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill Patients

Drs Stuart Spechler and Peter Kahrilis discuss GERD and esophagitis--how they occur and how they are treated. Dr Spechler also discusses a new hypothesis regarding how reflux esophagitis is caused that differs from the traditional teaching that acid and pepsin reflux into the esophagus and burn the mucosa layers.

Related articles:
Association of Acute Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease With Esophageal Histologic Changes
Turning the Pathogenesis of Acute Peptic Esophagitis Inside Out

Richard N. Rosenthal, MD discusses a randomized clinical trial demonstrating the efficacy of an implantable buprenorphine-releasing device for treating opioid use disorder.

Interview with David Grossman, MD, author of Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Edward H. Livingston, MD, discusses the British Columbia Ministry of Health’s 2015 guidelines on clinical management of opioid use disorder in adults with Keith Ahamad, MD,  Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC, Tony L. Yaksh, PhD, and Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FACOI.

Articles and resources discussed in this episode: 

• Opioid Use and Addiction Microsite,
• Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder (JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis),
• The Vancouver Opioid Use Disorder Guideline,
• Model Policy on DATA 2000 And Treatment of Opioid Addiction in the Medical Office

Interview with Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, USPSTF Task Force member and coauthor of Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Christopher JL. Murray, MD, DPhil, author of The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States

Interview with Seth Landefeld, MD, Task Force member and co-author of Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Electrocardiography: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Seth Landefeld, MD, member of the US Preventative Services Task Force, on  Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Robert M. Wachter, MD, author of Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed?

Interview with Alan Leshner, PhD, author of Medication-Based Treatment to Address Opioid Use Disorder

Interview with Marissa A. Hendrickson, MD, author of The Review of Systems, the Electronic Health Record, and Billing

Interview with Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, author of The Advancing American Kidney Health Executive Order: An Opportunity to Enhance Organ Donation

Interview with Mark D. Huffman, MD, MPH, author of Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills

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