Residents Perspective & Journal Articles

• Achalasia Treatment: Latest Updates   Dr David Johnson on how new data with peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is shifting the treatment paradigm of achalasia.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 24, 2020
• Alcohol Withdrawal in the Inpatient Setting This review explores a variety of pharmacologic options for treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized patients.
  U.S. Pharmacist, January 24, 2020
• Developing Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Best Practices Developing and implementing evidence-based postoperative prescribing recommendations may help decrease opioid consumption after surgery without impacting outcomes.
  Annals of Surgery, January 23, 2020
• Psychedelics and Their 'Mystical Effects' in the Real World   Lab studies have shown that psychedelics induce 'transformative experiences,' but what happens in the real world?
  Medscape, January 22, 2020
• Entering the TWILIGHT Zone of DAPT Duration   Experts from the Mayo Clinic discuss the impact of TWILIGHT, a comparison of ticagrelor monotherapy vs dual-antiplatelet therapy in post-PCI patients.
  Mayo Clinic, January 21, 2020
• My Millennial Doctor Peers Think They're Walking Into a Crisis Millennial physician Daniel Choi says many issues are driving docs in his age group away from medicine and could create a crisis for future patient care.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 21, 2020
• Early-Career Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine This policy brief suggests that residency programs are successfully responding to the opioid crisis by preparing FPs to treat opioid use disorder--but more OUD training is needed for later-career FPs.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, January 21, 2020
• New Horizons in Deprescribing for Older People This article explores the concept of deprescribing as it applies to the geriatric population. What constitutes deprescribing, why is it important, and when and how it should be implemented?
  Age and Ageing, January 20, 2020
• Shigella Bacteremia, Georgia, USA, 2002-2012 Bacteremia is an uncommon complication associated with Shigella infections. What are the risk factors for this rare infection?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 20, 2020
• Your Burnout Isn't Your Fault, but You Should 'Own' It Being told to avoid or fix burnout can feel like being blamed for a problem you didn't cause. Don't let this frustration prevent you from taking meaningful steps to protect yourself.
  Medscape Med Students, January 15, 2020
• Goop Targets Gaps in Patient Care   The size of the complementary and alternative medicine market is an 'indictment against the conventional medical industry,' says F. Perry Wilson. What can be done to reverse this growing trend?
  Medscape, January 15, 2020
• Cardiology's Hottest Trial of 2019 and Healthcare 2020   Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson continue their review of 2019 with the 'hottest trial of the year' and what to expect in healthcare in 2020.
  theheart.org on Medscape, January 15, 2020
• Should Doctors' Rights Come Before Patients' Rights?   Is it okay for a physician to refuse to provide certain kinds of care because of personal moral or religious beliefs? Art Caplan debates the issue with Drs Sandeep Jauhar and Cheyn Onarecker.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 15, 2020
• Doctor Duo Counters Misperceptions on Addiction A married pair of physicians found that they had different perspectives on the opioid crisis -- so they wrote a book about it together.
  Medscape, January 14, 2020
• Infectious Diseases in 2020: 5 Areas of Concern   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses advances made in infectious diseases in 2019 and looks ahead at concerns for the new year.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 14, 2020
• HIV Drug Resistance in a Cohort of HIV-Infected MSM A new report found high rates of HIV drug resistance among HIV-infected MSM. What are the implications for HIV care among this population?
  AIDS, January 14, 2020
• Epinephrine for Cardiac Arrest: Guidance Inflated? Dr Amal Mattu reviews the AHA update on cardiac life support and questions the current recommendations for using epinephrine in cardiac arrest.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 13, 2020
• Presentation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Older Adults How does the clinical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism differ between younger and older adults, and what are the implications for management?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, January 13, 2020
• A Few Minutes on the Potential Harm of Predictive Models   Models designed to predict response to therapy may not actually be doing that at all, says Dr Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, January 08, 2020
• Hormone Exposure and Risk for Dementia Later in Life   What does a woman's cumulative exposure to hormones mean for later cognitive health?
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, January 08, 2020